Delta Hydro

delineator

Stable

Fast global watershed delineation in Python — the MERIT-Hydro engine behind the Global Watersheds web app.

Pricing
Open Source
License
Open source (see repository)
Commercial use
Permitted
Ecosystem
Python, GeoPandas
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux

About delineator

delineator, by Matthew Heberger, is the open Python engine that powers the Global Watersheds web app: give it outlet coordinates and it returns the upstream catchment, using a hybrid approach — pre-computed MERIT-Basins unit catchments for the bulk of the area, with raster-level MERIT-Hydro refinement only around the outlet — which is why it delineates anywhere on earth in about a second.

Run it yourself when you need batch delineation (hundreds of gauging stations, say) or want the workflow inside your own pipeline rather than a browser. Accuracy inherits the ~90 m global hydrography, so it screens and scopes rather than replaces site-specific delineation from lidar.

Where it fits in the workflow

TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting

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