BASEMENT
Free
ETH Zurich's free 2D hydraulics and morphodynamics simulator — rivers, sediment and hazard mapping.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActive2D Hydraulic ModellingSediment Transport
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Sediment Transport & Morphology Tools
Sediment moves the problem: aggradation, degradation, reservoir sedimentation and channel change. Indexed here are the transport-capacity calculators, morphodynamic models and empirical toolkits used in fluvial geomorphology and river engineering.
Delft3D FM
Open Source
Deltares' open flexible-mesh suite for rivers, estuaries and coasts — hydrodynamics to morphology.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActiveCoastal Modelling2D Hydraulic Modelling
EFDC+
Freemium
Open-source 3D hydrodynamics and water quality — the EFDC lineage modernised, with a commercial GUI option.
Water Quality & EnvironmentalActiveWater Quality ModellingCoastal Modelling
HEC-RAS
FreeVerified
The world's most used hydraulic model: free 1D/2D river analysis, sediment, water quality and flood mapping.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActiveRiver Modelling2D Hydraulic Modelling
Iber
Free
Free Spanish 2D hydraulic model — flow, turbulence, sediment and habitat modules behind a full GUI.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActive2D Hydraulic ModellingFlood Mapping
SRH-2D
Free
The US Bureau of Reclamation's free 2D river model — FHWA's preferred engine for bridge hydraulics.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActive2D Hydraulic ModellingRiver Modelling
SWAT+
Open Source
The USDA watershed model for land use, sediment and nutrients — continuous simulation at catchment scale.
Hydrology & Catchment AnalysisActiveWater Quality ModellingSCS Curve Number
WASP
Gov-Public
EPA's Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program — eutrophication, toxics and sediment in rivers and estuaries.
Water Quality & EnvironmentalActiveWater Quality ModellingContaminant Transport
openTELEMAC
Open Source
EDF's open-source finite-element suite for free-surface flow — 2D/3D rivers, estuaries, waves and sediment.
Hydraulics & River SystemsActive2D Hydraulic ModellingCoastal Modelling