wbt_breach_depressions: Breach depressions

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Description

Breaches all of the depressions in a DEM using Lindsay's (2016) algorithm. This should be preferred over depression filling in most cases.

Usage

wbt_breach_depressions(
  dem,
  output,
  max_depth = NULL,
  max_length = NULL,
  flat_increment = NULL,
  fill_pits = FALSE,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE
)

Arguments

dem	Input raster DEM file.
output	Output raster file.
max_depth	Optional maximum breach depth (default is Inf).
max_length	Optional maximum breach channel length (in grid cells; default is Inf).
flat_increment	Optional elevation increment applied to flat areas.
fill_pits	Optional flag indicating whether to fill single-cell pits.
wd	Changes the working directory.
verbose_mode	Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.

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