This simulation demonstrates how a dense salt wedge advances upstream along a river channel bottom as the tide floods, then retreats as it ebbs, and how the balance of river flow and tidal strength changes the wedge's shape and mixing sharpness.
Choose an estuary mixing regime from the dropdown, adjust the tidal cycle speed, and watch the salty bottom layer (teal) and fresh top layer (blue) slide against each other while the stats report the current tide phase and wedge extent.
Mixing regime selector, tidal cycle speed slider, play/pause, and reset controls with live tide phase and salt-wedge extent readouts.
During severe droughts, saltwater intrusion in large river deltas has advanced over 100 kilometers upstream, forcing cities to barge in fresh water to protect drinking-water intakes.
This simulation demonstrates how a dense salt wedge advances upstream along a river channel bottom as the tide floods, then retreats as it ebbs, and how the balance of river flow and tidal strength changes the wedge's shape and mixing sharpness.
This simulation demonstrates how a dense salt wedge advances upstream along a river channel bottom as the tide floods, then retreats as it ebbs, and how the balance of river flow and tidal strength changes the wedge's shape and mixing sharpness.
Choose an estuary mixing regime from the dropdown, adjust the tidal cycle speed, and watch the salty bottom layer (teal) and fresh top layer (blue) slide against each other while the stats report the current tide phase and wedge extent.
During severe droughts, saltwater intrusion in large river deltas has advanced over 100 kilometers upstream, forcing cities to barge in fresh water to protect drinking-water intakes.