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How can I find depression with contour lines?

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04-17-2013 08:59 AM
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TobiasLochmann
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How can I find depression with contour lines?
I already  find depressions via Fill-method, but now I try to detect them by using the contour lines. anyone have an idea ?
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MarkBoucher
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If you have a DEM, you can create the contours using Spatial Analyst tools. You just have to make the vertical interval small enough that they show up. If the depression is small, a large vertical interval might miss a depression unless the depression happens to be at an elevation that is right on the contour interval.

The contours are lines. I suppose if you convert the layer of lines to polygons, probably only those polylines that close will be converted to polygons. You can then visually see the depressions as polygons. I assume their area would be small and you could search for the polygon with the smallest area. Hill/mountain tops will also have small polygons.
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