A map showing the topography of the Caroni River Basin. Topography is the study of the land surface, which includes its physical features such as hills and valleys. This one isn’t too bad and I learnt a few things about hillshade which I will hopefully share in a future post. The purpose of this mapContinue reading “Caroni Watershed Topography”
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Caroni River Basin Watersheds
A closer look at the watersheds within the Caroni River Basin This is just a zoomed in version of the full Watersheds map https://trinimapping.home.blog/2025/01/11/trinidad-watershed-map/. The full dataset can be viewed here: https://codepen.io/leelum1/full/yQbBBr. The purpose of this map is to show the Caroni River basin in greater detail, along with the main rivers in each watershed.Continue reading “Caroni River Basin Watersheds”
Maracas Watershed 3D Map
Here is a different style of map that I don’t use very often. It is a 3D view of the Maracas Watershed, Trinidad. The purpose of this map is just to appreciate the topography of the watershed. Its interesting that the headwaters of the valley is pretty wide, then narrows moving downstream towards the CaroniContinue reading “Maracas Watershed 3D Map”
Delineate the Basin Boundary
We need to delineate the basin boundary if we want to build a 2D model of a watershed. A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel. TheContinue reading “Delineate the Basin Boundary”
Mapping T&T 