Emriver, Inc.

04/06/2026

Here's a summary of some great numerical modeling by researchers at NYU and Harvard. One take-away: "beyond a certain horizon . . . deterministic forecasts of channel position become unreliable."

Rivers are rarely the calm, orderly streams we imagine on maps. Over time, their winding paths—called meanders—shift, bend, and occasionally snap off in sudden "cutoff" events that shorten loops and reshape the landscape. While scientists have long suspected that such cutoffs inject a dose of un...

03/23/2026

Here's an Em4 Single Tilt in the brand new lab at Texas A&M-Galveston. The Galveston campus is home to all the ocean science departments at A&M, and they're going to do some great teaching in coastal geomorphology!

03/16/2026

We are delighted to announce our new website, designed with the help of The Narrative. It was an absolute pleasure working with them! Check it out, especially the interactive map.

Emriver is a small business manufacturing and selling stream tables and flumes. Around the world, these hands-on STEM tools are great for educators and students.

02/23/2026

Jim delivered an Emflume1.5 and an Em4 to Toyama Prefectural University back in January. Their new lab is really nice!

02/11/2026

This just in from the amazing Mahseer Trust in India. They've been doing great work with our models for many years.

What do students make of our Em2 river modelling table?

02/09/2026

Meander Monday!

With enough flooding and other edits to a landscape, rivers may abruptly chart new, more favorable paths, known as avulsions.

02/09/2026

Oh, and look at our sweet booth at the International Conference on Geomorphology in Christchurch, NZ. Special thanks go to University of Canterbury for lending us their decked-out Em2!

01/12/2026

Great work being done at our great local university with our Emflume 1.5!

Growing up in Nepal’s flood-prone Terai region, Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate Dewasis Dahal learned early that water can be both a lifeline and a threat.

12/13/2025

Oh, come see us at AGU in New Orleans!

12/13/2025

It warms our hearts to learn how our Emriver models being used so effectively!

With most of the region’s flood-related damage occurring in and around our thousands of miles of rivers and streams, understanding how rivers behave and the tradeoffs of different management strategies are essential for planning and mitigating flood risks. However, observing these processes in the...