FloPy
Open SourceVerified
The Python interface to MODFLOW — build, run and post-process groundwater models entirely in code.
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FEFLOW
ActiveDHI's finite-element groundwater platform — unstructured meshes, density-driven flow, heat and mine dewatering.
by DHI
- Pricing
- Commercial
- License
- Proprietary
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- Standalone, Python API
- Platform
- Windows, Linux
About FEFLOW
FEFLOW is the commercial heavyweight for finite-element subsurface simulation: fully unstructured 3D meshes that follow geology, variably saturated flow, density-dependent problems (saltwater intrusion, geothermal), heat transport and chemical reactions, with a modern interface and Python scripting (ifm/API).
It shines precisely where structured-grid MODFLOW gets awkward — complex geometry, open-pit and underground mine dewatering, coastal intrusion, geothermal fields. Licence costs are significant, making the MODFLOW 6 unstructured-grid capabilities the budget alternative worth checking first.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
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