<a name="p-17421-i-am-new-to-invest-and-i-am-calculating-the-sediment-retention-value-of-the-watershed-now-i-am-confued-which-value-or-map-to-take-and-also-how-to-validate-the-values-1" class="anchor" href="#p-17421-i-am-new-to-invest-and-i-am-calculating-the-sediment-retention-value-of-the-watershed-now-i-am-confued-which-value-or-map-to-take-and-also-how-to-validate-the-values-1" aria-label="Heading link"> I am new to InVEST and I am calculating the sediment retention value of the watershed. Now I am confued which value or map to take and also how to validate the values? InVEST-sdr-log-2026-07-10–11_15_00.txt (67.3 KB) Upload the logfile using the :outbox_tray: button

Hi @SPP , and welcome to InVEST and the forum! If you’re interested in sediment retention, check out the Ecosystem Service Indicators section of the SDR chapter of the User Guide for a description of the main retention-related outputs of the model. We typically validate this model using the sedimen…

InVEST SDR values interpretation

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