Opening an Existing Watershed

For CWMS, a watershed is a set of data, information, models, and images that represent watershed lands and the channels, gages, and water control features within the watershed. An existing watershed can be opened from any of the modules. (If a new watershed needs to be created, refer to Creating a Watershed).

There are two methods available to open a watershed. First, if the watershed has been opened before, from the CWMS CAVI main window, under the File menu select the desired watershed under the Recent Watersheds list.

The second way to open a watershed is as follows: 

1. Under the File menu in the CAVI main window, click Open Watershed. The Open Watershed dialog will open.
   
   
2. From the Available Watersheds box, select a watershed and click OK. The Open Watershed dialog will close, and the selected watershed will display in the CWMS CAVI main window.

If there are no available locations or a new location is required, you can add a location from the Open Watershed dialog.  

1. Click Edit, and the Create Watershed Locations dialog will open.
   

2. Click Add Location, and the Add Watershed Location dialog will open. In the Name box, enter a name for the new watershed location. In the Location box, you can enter a pathname for the location of the watershed.
     
3. The easier option is to click Browse, and a Select Watershed Location browser will open.
   
   
4. Browse to the folder that contains the appropriate watershed and click on the name. The Folder name box will now contain the appropriate location. Click Open, the Select Watershed Location browser will close. The selected folder's pathname will now display in the Location box.
5. Click OK. The Add Watershed Location box will close, and the new watershed location will display in the Create Watershed Locations dialog. Click OK, and the Create Watershed Locations dialog will close.
6. From the Open Watershed dialog, the new location will display in the Available Locations box and is available for you to use.