Braided channels are rare on ocean floors, but abundant on land. Experiments and theory suggest that deeper flows and rapid overbank deposition restrict braiding in underwater rivers relative to their ...

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Compared to single-channel meandering rivers, multichannel braided rivers are often found in environments with sparse vegetation and coarse, shifting bars of sediment. Past research has called the way ...

There is considerable inherent error in equations for predicting width in gravel-bed rivers, and the relationship between width and bed load transport is poorly ...

Braided streams and rivers are relatively rare in the Rocky Mountains of the Western U.S., except in the Yellowstone region of northwest Wyoming. This raises the question: why do we find these ...

For the past few years, drastic climate change has been dramatically affecting the oceans, rivers, lakes, and other water bodies across the world. Rapidly increasing temperatures are impacting the ...

An enormous bare rock wall in the Brejões mountain range presents a striking picture in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Chapada Diamantina National Park, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. On a ...