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To address these challenges, this study proposes Heuristic\u2013Adaptive Spectral\u2013Spatial Neural Architecture Search with Dynamic Cell Evaluation (HASSDE-NAS). The architecture integrates three specialized units; a spectral-aware dynamic band selection cell suppresses redundant spectral bands, while a geometry-enhanced edge attention cell refines fragmented spatial boundaries. Additionally, a bidirectional fusion alignment cell jointly optimizes spectral and spatial dependencies. A heuristic cell search algorithm optimizes the network architecture through architecture stability, feature diversity, and gradient sensitivity analysis, which improves search efficiency and model robustness. Evaluated on the Gaofen-5 datasets from the Guangdong and Henan regions, HASSDE-NAS achieves overall accuracies of 92.61% and 96%, respectively. This approach outperforms existing methods in delineating narrow river systems and resolving water bodies with weak spectral contrast under complex backgrounds, such as vegetation or cloud shadows. 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