1. Get Sub-Basins Get dir.asc, acc.asc from ReviseDem directory Compile Priver.f f77 Priver.f Priver.exe Get output: Basin0, Basin1, Basin2, Basin3 asciigrid basin3 RB3 asciigrid basin2 RB2 asciigrid basin1 RB1 asciigrid basin0 RB0 gridascii rb3 basin3.asc 2. Simple statistics ArcMAP open raster frac, coverage riverbasin_l For raster frac, see Attributes export to RBarea.txt (it is area will be usedd in Sib_DHM) For coverage riverbasin_l, export to RBareaPOLY.txt (it is area from map) Import to DealDEM.xls Summary RBarea.txt Area =795003.71 km2 Summary RBareaPOLY.txt Area =795316.82 km2 Yellow River Area = 79.5 ten thousand km2 (http://www.yellowriver.gov.cn/lib/dhgl/2002-12-20/jj_15042824843.html) Yellow River Area = 794712km2 (another source) or copy riverbasin_l rvbsl Under Arcedit Arcedit: edit rvbsl polygon Arcedit: sel all Arcedit: merge sel Arcedit: save Arcedit: quit The merged rvbsl: area = 795316822445.222 m2