slope in r.watershed

[Hartmut Guendra]

> 
> 
> The program r.watershed allows for the user to generate a raster 
> map that has slope steepness (multiplied by 100).  I usually
> interpret slope as a unitless value.  The values generated by
> r.watershed seem too high to be slope (values are commonly greater
> than 1).  Does anyone know how to properly interpret this value?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> John Stamm
> 
> jfs5 at k2.scl.cwru.edu
Hi John,
the option >slope.steepness< in r.watershed calculates the s-factor of the
RUSLE. So, don't matter about some strange results :-)

Hartmut 
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