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I have a raster DEM and a polygon covering a part of it. I need an area-elevation distribution (i.e. how many m2 are in which elevation interval). 20m intervals will be fine. I can't figure it out.

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  • Can you describe the distribution that you're after? For example, is the x-axis the area (as % of basin or polygon) and the y-axis is elevation less than or equal to?
    – WhiteboxDev
    Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 20:23

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You could:

  • Generate contours at the desired intervals from your DEM and use the lines to cut up your polygon.
  • Clip your DEM using your polygon, then reclassify the DEM using the desired interval ranges, followed by a little math - get the number of pixels in each class times the area of a pixel. (See Measuring area of raster classes? which discusses ArcGIS tools, but the methods would be the same.)

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