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Wetness ​

Data data.wetness

How damp the ground is, for placing vegetation: white where water collects (large drained area on gentle ground) and near water. Water is the Water mask if connected (e.g. a River, Lakes or Sea mask), plus streams. Water distance is black at the water, white Reach metres away.

Wetness with default settings

Output with default settings, rendered by LibreTerrain.

Inputs ​

PortType
TerrainHeightfield
WaterMaskOptional

Outputs ​

PortType
WetnessMask
Water distanceMask

Settings ​

SettingDefaultRange / optionsDescription
Reach150 m1 to 100,000 mHow far from water the ground stays damp, in metres.
Stream area0.5 km²0.001 to 100,000 km²Drained area at which a stream counts as water.
Detail size8 m1 to 1,000 mCell size water is routed at, in metres: about the width of the smallest streams. Smaller is slower. The result is the same at any preview or build resolution.

See also ​

Aspect · Curvature · Distance · Flow · Height Mask · Occlusion · Rock Hardness · Select Range · Slope

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