[1]:

import earthkit.hydro as ekh
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

StreamorderΒΆ

Streamorder is used in hydrology to indicate the level of branching in a river network and commonly used for topological properties and estimating river importance. There exist numerous different types of streamorder, with

  • Strahler streamorder

  • Shreve streamorder

available in the streamorder submodule.

[2]:

network = ekh.river_network.load("efas", "5", use_cache=False)

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[3]:

da = ekh.streamorder.strahler(network)

da.plot.contourf(cmap="viridis", levels=100)
plt.show()
../_images/tutorials_streamorder_3_0.png 
[4]:

da = ekh.streamorder.shreve(network)

da.plot.contourf(cmap="viridis", levels=100)
plt.show()
../_images/tutorials_streamorder_4_0.png