What it does
- Flow routing and stream networks from high-resolution terrain
- Topographic wetness, HAND, and depression hierarchy — pinpoint where water naturally pools
- 2D shallow-water flood modelling using established hydrology engines, with custom design storms
- Design and model natural flood management interventions: leaky dam cascades, bunds, scrapes, ponds, re-meandering
- Before-and-after comparison for any intervention
Why it matters
Wetland restoration and natural flood management are central to most ecosystem-services revenue streams and most catchment-partnership funded programmes. Ecology App puts the basic flow analysis, scenario modelling, and intervention comparison into the browser, so you can shortlist sites and refine concepts before commissioning detailed design.
Example
A multi-catchment rivers trust modelled twelve potential leaky dam locations across a 4 km tributary, and identified the three locations that between them captured 80 per cent of the simulated peak flow reduction. The output went into a WINEP-funded delivery bid; the trust's hydrology consultant did the detailed design on the three sites the platform shortlisted, instead of all twelve.