The invention discloses a
digital elevation model (DEM)-based water
system extraction method, relates to the field of
digital elevation model-based water
system extraction methods, and belongs to the field of geosciences, and the
digital elevation model-based water
system extraction method comprises the following steps: step (1): preprocessing to-be-operated data,
logging in the
geographic space data cloud network platform to
cut and download the selected area data, performing embedding
processing on the obtained area data, and adding an administrative region boundary as a reference; and step (2), performing depression filling
processing on the original DEM data by using a built-in system
toolbar of the ArcGIS, performing flow direction extraction on the filled depression, taking the flow direction as input and output flow data, and performing calculation of a flow direction accumulation grid. According to the method, on the basis of the DEM, the river, the water outlet and the
drainage basin are extracted by simulating the runoff forming process of
surface water, convenience and rapidness are achieved, and extraction of the small
drainage basin is more accurate and clearer.