🌿 Mangrove Creek: Tidal Prism, Flushing Time and Salinity (2D)

Side view of the sea, a tidal creek and a mangrove basin that fills and drains with the tide. Set tidal amplitude, basin area, creek size, root drag, river inflow and basin depth, and see the tidal prism, the lag and size of the tide inside, the creek current, the flushing time and the salinity the basin settles at. A time-stepped creek and salt model is checked against closed forms, with four in-page numerical checks.

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install