“…Both the vector (i.e., geographical features) and property (i.e., topographical parameters) information for drainage networks extracted from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are important for physically based distributed hydrological modeling (Hung and Wang, 2007;Moretti and Montanari, 2008;Li et al, 2011;Åkesson and Wörman, 2012;, non-point source pollutant simulation Buchanan et al, 2013;, and geomorphological analysis (Li et al, 2009;Millares et al, 2012). With the development of Remote Sensing (RS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Geographical Information System (GIS) technologies, DEM with higher accuracy and resolution can be obtained (Wilson, 2012).…”