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Erosion & River Carving — 2D Height-Map Simulator

Top-down 2D hydraulic-erosion sandbox: click or auto-rain a procedural height-map and watch flowing water carve channels and deposit sediment in real time.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
2d-erosion-river-carving-3d-physics-simulator ↗ Open standalone

This 2D companion runs the same flat-array hydraulic-erosion model as the 3D version — rain accumulates on a height-map, flows downhill toward lower neighbors, and carves or deposits terrain based on local slope and flow — but renders it as a straight top-down elevation map instead of an orbiting 3D scene, so the carved channel network is readable at a glance.

⚙ Under the hood

Top-down 2D hydraulic-erosion sandbox: click or auto-rain a procedural height-map and watch flowing water carve channels and deposit sediment in real time.

erosion modelingsediment transportlandscape dynamicsheight map

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

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