How to Create 3D River Basin Maps (and Why You Should)

In this video, you will learn how to use HydroSHEDS data, which is a high-resolution global dataset of hydrographic features, such as river networks, watersheds, and drainage basins to create a 3D elevation and river basin map of Poland, a country in Central Europe with diverse landscapes and hydrology. Chapters 0:00 Intro 00:43 Packages 03:07 Turn off spherical geometry 03:22 Poland boundaries 04:50 Download rivers 06:06 Unzip rivers 08:19 Query 10:36 Load rivers 11:14 Plot rivers 11:33 Overlay Poland 12:28 Get river basins 16:44 Clip rivers with basins 17:59 Assign color palette to rivers 23:05 Assign color palette to basins 25:12 Assign river width 28:59 Digital elevation model 30:51 Render scene 40:43 Render object 45:41 Looking ahead Check the full code in my GitHub repo: https://github.com/milos-agathon/3d-r... Follow my work on Instagram:   / milos_makes_maps   Let's connect on X:   / milos_agathon   If you like my work, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/milospop... HCL-based color palettes: https://blog.r-project.org/2019/04/01... 👕Merch: https://www.milosmakesmaps.com/ Music credits: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- massobeats - honey jam Original upload HERE -    • massobeats - honey jam (royalty free lofi ...