braided stream — a complex tangle of converging and diverging stream channels (anabranches) separated by sand bars or islands. Characteristic of flood plains where the amount of debris is large in relation to the discharge … Dictionary of ichthyology
braided stream — A stream that divides into or follows an interlacing or tangled network of several small branching and reuniting shallow channels separated from each other by branch islands or channel bars, resembling in plan the strands of a complex braid… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
braided stream — /breɪdəd ˈstrim/ (say brayduhd streem) noun a stream, usually shallow, with a water flow insufficient to carry along all the silt, etc., in it, resulting in interconnecting channels and intervening shingle bars as this load is precipitated …
Braided river — Not to be confused with the River Braid, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. For other uses see Braid (disambiguation). A braided river is one of a number of channel types and has a channel that consists of a network of small channels separated by small … Wikipedia
braided — braid·ed (brāʹdĭd) adj. 1. a. Produced by or as if by braiding. b. Having braids. 2. Decorated with braid. 3. Flowing in an interconnected network of channels that divide and reunite: a braided stream. * * * … Universalium
braided channel — (not recommended) use braided stream … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
braided — adjective (of a river or stream) flow into shallow interconnected channels divided by deposited earth. → braid braided adjective edge or trim with braid. → braid … English new terms dictionary
Strahler Stream Order — The streams range from one (1) to the most powerful which is the Amazon River at 12. The Ohio River is an 8 and the Mississippi River is a 10. 80 percent of the streams and rivers on the planet are first or second order.To qualify as a stream it… … Wikipedia
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Platte River — This article is about the Platte River in Nebraska. For other uses, see Platte River (disambiguation). Coordinates: 41°03′14″N 95°52′53″W / 41.05389°N 95.88139°W … Wikipedia
