Zoning of the territory on the basis of morphometric analysis of basin geosystems

Abstract

The problem of creating a geographic spatial database of morphometric indicators based on the basin approach for several rivers in the Krasnoyarsk region is considered. The division of the territory into catchment basins is carried out in a hierarchical system, up to the river tributaries of the 4-th order. The initial data for the construction of watersheds was a MERIT DEM Hydro digital relief model, vector data on the hydrographic network from A.P. Karpinsky All-Russian Research Geological Institute (VSEGEI) and Roscartography (Federal Agency of Geodesy and Cartography). In the process of data processing methods and algorithms of spatial analysis of relief and hydrological modeling, implemented in GIS software Whitebox GAT, QGIS and ArcGIS, were used. The main morphometric characteristics of the relief are calculated: slope, exposure of slopes; with the help of zone statistics for basins, the average values of these characteristics, the main statistics are calculated. We consider this work as the first stage in the creation of information support for the tasks of land use analysis, assessment of the natural resource potential of the region.