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This study investigates the quality of four pan-Arctic DEMs (Arctic DEM, ASTER DEM, ALOS DEM and Copernicus DEM) within the Kalix River watershed in northern Sweden, with the aim of informing users about the quality when comparing these DEMs. The quality assessment focuses on both the vertical accuracy of the DEMs and their abilities to model two fundamental elevation derivatives, including topographic wetness index (TWI) and landform classification. Our results show that the vertical accuracy is relatively high for Arctic DEM, ALOS and Copernicus and in our study area was slightly better than those reported in official validation results. Vertical errors are mainly caused by tree cover characteristics and terrain slope. On the other hand, the high vertical accuracy does not translate directly into high quality elevation derivatives, such as TWI and landform classes, as shown by the large errors in TWI and landform classification for all four candidate DEMs. Copernicus produced elevation derivatives with results most similar to those from the reference DEM, but the errors are still relatively high, with large underestimation of TWI in land cover classes with a high likelihood of being wet. 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