Burns streams into a DEM using the FillBurn (Saunders, 1999) method which produces a hydro-enforced DEM. This tool uses the algorithm described in:

Lindsay JB. 2016. The practice of DEM stream burning revisited. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(5): 658-668. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3888

And:

Saunders, W. 1999. Preparation of DEMs for use in environmental modeling analysis, in: ESRI User Conference. pp. 24-30.

Function Signature

def fill_burn(self, dem: Raster, streams: Vector) -> Raster: ...

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