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flow accumulation

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  1. [digital image processing] In raster data, a calculation of the number of cells (weighted or not) flowing into each downslope cell in a raster elevation file. When no weight is provided, a weight of 1 is applied to each cell. Typically used to identify stream channels and ridges in topographic raster data.
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