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The Donjek River of the Yukon Basin is the type for braided rivers showing repeated cycles of deposition, with finer sediments towards the top of each cycle. [20] The Bijou Creek of Colorado is the type for braided rivers characterized by laminated sand deposits emplaced during floods. [20] A portion of the lower Yellow River takes a braided ...
Braided rivers have a channel that consists of a network of small channels separated by small and often temporary islands called braid bars. ... Wikipedia® is a ...
A wide variety of river and stream channel types exist in limnology, the study of inland waters.All these can be divided into two groups by using the water-flow gradient as either low gradient channels for streams or rivers with less than two percent (2%) flow gradient, or high gradient channels for those with greater than a 2% gradient.
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Often confused with braided channels, anastomosing is reserved for a type of river with multiple, interconnected, coexisting channel belts on alluvial plains. Based on its geomorphology, saucer-shaped islands called flood-basins characterize anastomosing rivers. [5]
Natural-colour satellite image of north-eastern Italy showing parts of the Cellina, Meduna, and Tagliamento rivers. The Tagliamento (Italian: [taʎʎaˈmento]; Friulian: Tiliment; Venetian: Tajamento) is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
The Braid River, near Ballymena. The Braid River (Irish: Abhainn na Brád) [1] is a river in the borough of Mid and East Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is a tributary to the River Main. [2] Historically, the valley in which the river flows divided the boundaries between the parishes of Skerry and Rathcavan in the 19th century. [3]
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