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Table 3 Computed deviations (in %) of the respective parameter-wise values for each dataset from those of the surveyed toposheet values

From: Evaluation of different digital elevation models for analyzing drainage morphometric parameters in a mountainous terrain: a case study of the Supin–Upper Tons Basin, Indian Himalayas

Morphometric parameters

V-T50A

Amount of deviation of parameter values of respective datasets from T50A values (%)

  

SRTM DEM (90 m) (S90)

ASTER GDEM (30 m) (A30)

Cartosat-1 DEM (30 m) (C30)

Topographical map (1:250,000) (T250A)

Topographical map (1:50,000) (T50A)

ASTER GDEM (resampled 90 m) (A90)

Cartosat-1 DEM (resampled 90 m) (C90)

Catchment size properties

        

Basin Area (sq km)

973.40

+0.29

+0.41

−0.27

−1.87

0

+22.97

+22.05

Basin perimeter (km)

169.20

+27.01

+5.79

+11.41

−2.54

0

+11.52

+13.42

Basin length (km)

52.65

−0.04

+0.38

−0.28

−1.92

0

+3.13

+1.61

Main channel length (m)

62.54

−7.48

−3.47

−3.45

+0.59

0

+17.29

+12.36

Total channel length (km)

1733.40

+14.46

+116.96

+126.24

−17.22

0

+30.64

+34.64

Total no. of stream segments

1379

+78.17

+502.90

+462.95

−0.22

0

+84.34

+78.90

Relief attributes

        

Maximum relief (m)

6317

−0.16

−0.52

−6.74

+0.54

0

−1.00

−6.89

Minimum relief (m)

1302

−2.07

−1.54

−5.61

+3.15

0

+0.31

−4.15

Mean relief (m)

3931.33

−4.81

+0.20

−1.43

−4.28

0

−0.04

−1.70

Relative relief (m)

5015

+0.34

−0.26

−7.04

−0.14

0

−1.34

−7.60

Relief ratio

95.61

0

−1.00

−7.12

+2.04

0

−4.70

−9.40

Hypsometric integral

0.52

+1.92

+1.92

+7.69

−5.77

0

+1.92

+7.69

Surface attributes

        

Maximum slope (degrees)

69.25

+5.04

+20.95

+19.99

−11.58

0

+1.17

−5.40

Mean slope (degrees)

26.24

+8.003

+14.558

+11.17

−22.98

0

−5.72

−14.02

Shape properties

        

Circularity ratio

0.27

0

+40.74

+25.23

+62.96

0

+55.56

+51.83

Elongation ratio

0.67

0

0

0

+1.49

0

+7.46

+8.96

Drainage textural parameters

        

Bifurcation ratio

+4.24

+8.02

+4.01

+1.65

+14.38

0

+11.32

+7.54

  1. V-T50A values from the DEM derived from topographical maps of scale 1:50,000