Dsa
Graphs Dfs
Medium
Lakes and Rivers
You are given a 2D grid representing a landscape where '1' represents land and '0' represents water. A lake is defined as a cluster of water (0s) surrounded entirely by land (1s). Your task is to find the total number of lakes (clusters of 0s) in this grid.
Input Format:
- The first line contains two integers, m and n, where m is the number of rows and n is the number of columns in the grid.
- The next m lines contains n characters, either '0' or '1'.
Output Format:
- Print a single integer representing the total number of lakes.
Example:
Input:
4 5
11111
11001
11000
11111
Output:
2
Key concepts
graphsdfsgrid traversal
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