S.N.

Factors

Category

Source

Tools Used

1.

Slope

Geo-morphometric

Extracted from DEM of cell-size 12.5 × 12.5 and stored in raster format of same cell size

Surface tool under Spatial analyst

2.

Aspect

3.

Plan and profile curvature

4.

Elevation/contour

5.

Land cover

Ground condition

Extracted from ICIMOD Landcover Map of Nepal (2010)

6.

Geology

Ground condition

Digitized and converted to raster format of cell-size 12.5 × 12.5

Shapefiles were created and digitized

7.

Distance from road

Distance factor

Extracted from OSM road map and converted to raster format of cell-size 12.5 × 12.5

Euclidean distance tool under distance of Spatial Analyst

8.

Distance from river

Extracted from hydrology tool and converted to raster format of cell-size 12.5 × 12.5

Hydrology tool and under Spatial Analyst