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Title: BRAIDED RIVERS
Caption: (a) The braided pattern of the North Saskatchewan River, Alberta, Canada, is formed by shallow channels flowing around and across numerous sand and gravel bars and islands. Coarse bed-load sediment of the river comes from melting glaciers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. (John S. Shelton)
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, streamflow, erosion, channels, sediments, suspended loads, braided