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Moreover, an accurate derivation of geomorphometry would be beneficial to other applications. The SAD examined here included routinely collected variables such as sounding intensity and fore\/aft scan direction. Ocean-floor geomorphometry was described by slope, orientation, and pulse orthogonality that were derived from the depth estimates of bathymetry soundings using spatial extrapolation and interpolation. Four data case studies (CSs) located near Key West, Florida (United States) were the testbed for this study. To identify bathymetry soundings in lidar point clouds, extreme gradient boosting (XGB) models were fitted for all seven possible combinations of three variable suites\u2014SAD, derived geomorphometry, and sounding depth. R2 values for the best models were between 0.6 and 0.99, and global accuracy values were between 85% and 95%. Lidar depth alone had the strongest relationship to bathymetry for all but the shallowest CS, but the SAD provided demonstrable model improvements for all CSs. The derived geomorphometry variables contained little bathymetric information. 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