Braided Rivers
Rivers with numerous channels that repeatedly split and merge with each other. They typically form in high-gradient settings with coarse-grained sediment and fluctuating water discharges.

Braided rivers in the Tien Shan Mtns. of Kyrgzstan.

Kicking Horse River, eastern British Columbia.

Resurrection River, SE Alaska.

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