Editing Braided river (section)

==Occurrences==
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[[File:STS065-96-048.jpg|thumb|[[Brahmaputra River]] seen from the Space Shuttle]]
Braided rivers occur in many environments, but are most common in wide valleys associated with mountainous regions or their [[Piedmont (geography)|piedmonts]]{{sfn|Williams|Brasington|Hicks|2016|p=104}} or in areas of coarse-grained sediments and limited growth of vegetation near the river banks.<ref name="Ashmore2013">{{cite journal |last1=Ashmore |first1=P. |title=9.17 Morphology and Dynamics of Braided Rivers |journal=Treatise on Geomorphology |date=2013 |pages=289–312 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00242-6|isbn=9780080885223 }}</ref> They are also found on fluvial (stream-dominated) [[alluvial fan]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boggs |first1=Sam Jr. |title=Principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy |date=2006 |publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall |location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey |isbn=0131547283 |edition=4th |page=248}}</ref> Extensive braided river systems are found in [[Alaska]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]]'s [[South Island]], and the [[Himalayas]], which all contain young, rapidly eroding mountains.

* The enormous [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] river in Northeastern India is a classic example of a braided river.<ref name="Catling1992">{{cite book |last=Catling |first=David |title=Rice in deep water |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5JxwKx1RAgC&pg=PA177 |access-date=23 April 2011 |year=1992 |publisher=[[International Rice Research Institute]] |isbn=978-971-22-0005-2 |page=177}}</ref>
* A notable example of a large braided stream in the contiguous United States is the [[Platte River]] in central and western [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Blodgett |first1=R.H. |last2=Stanley |first2=K.O. |title=Stratification, Bedforms, and Discharge Relations of the Platte Braided River System, Nebraska |journal=SEPM Journal of Sedimentary Research |date=1980 |volume=50 |issue=1 |doi=10.1306/212F7987-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D}}</ref> Platte-type braided rivers are characterized by abundant linguoid (tonguelike) bar and dune deposits.<ref name=Miall1977>{{cite journal |last1=Miall |first1=Andrew D. |title=A review of the braided-river depositional environment |journal=Earth-Science Reviews |date=May 1977 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=1–62 |doi=10.1016/0012-8252(77)90055-1|bibcode=1977ESRv...13....1M }}</ref>
* The Scott River of southern [[Alaska]] is the type for braided glacial outwash rivers characterized by longitudinal gravel bars and by sand lenses deposited in scours from times of high water.<ref name=Miall1977/>
* The Donjek River of the [[Yukon River|Yukon Basin]] is the type for braided rivers showing repeated cycles of deposition, with finer sediments towards the top of each cycle.<ref name=Miall1977/>
* The [[Bijou Creek]] of Colorado is the type for braided rivers characterized by laminated sand deposits emplaced during floods.<ref name=Miall1977/>
* A portion of the lower [[Yellow River]] takes a braided form.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Chien |first=N. |year=1961 |title=The braided stream of the lower Yellow River |journal=Scientia Sinica |volume=10 |pages=734–754}}</ref>
* The Sewanee Conglomerate, a Pennsylvanian coarse sandstone and conglomerate unit<ref>{{cite conference |last=Fraley |first=Thear Kirk |title=Depositional Environment of Lower Pennsylvanian Sewanee Conglomerate, Lookout Mountain, Georgia |conference=Geological Society of America Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting |date=13–16 March 2010}}</ref> present on the [[Cumberland Plateau]] near the [[University of the South]], may have been deposited by an ancient braided and meandering river that once existed in the eastern United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Churnet |first1=Habte Giorgis |last2=Bergenback |first2=Richard E. |title=Depositional Systems of Pennsylvanian Rocks in the Cumberland Plateau of Southern Tennessee |year=1986 |publisher=Georgia Geological Society}}</ref> Others have interpreted the depositional environment for this unit as a tidal delta.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ferm |first1=J. C. |last2=Miliei |first2=R. C. |last3=Eason |first3=J.E. |year=1972 |title=Carboniferous depositional environments in the Cumberland Plateau of Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama |journal=Tennessee Div. Geology Rept. Inv. |issue=33}}</ref>
[[File:Le Tagliamento, pris du pont di Pisano.jpg|thumb|Tagliamento River seen from the Pinzano bridge<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ponte+di+Pinzano+al+Tagliamento/@46.1846956,12.9556653,17.17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x477a296db4e7c121:0xdcf471d684c8b8b1!2s33094+Pinzano+Al+Tagliamento+PN!3b1!8m2!3d46.1830944!4d12.9455901!3m4!1s0x477a293ff75c5077:0x14600045fa75c25a!8m2!3d46.1847356!4d12.9569417 | title=Google Maps }}</ref>]]
* The [[Tagliamento]] of Italy is an example of a gravel bed braided river.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bertoldi |first1=W. |last2=Zanoni |first2=L. |last3=Tubino |first3=M. |title=Assessment of morphological changes induced by flow and flood pulses in a gravel bed braided river: The Tagliamento River (Italy) |journal=Geomorphology |date=January 2010 |volume=114 |issue=3 |pages=348–360 |doi=10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.017|bibcode=2010Geomo.114..348B }}</ref>
* The [[Piave (river)|Piave]], also in Italy, is an example of a river that is transitioning from braided to meandering due to human interventions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Surian |first1=Nicola |title=Channel changes due to river regulation: the case of the Piave River, Italy |journal=Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |date=8 November 1999 |volume=24 |issue=12 |pages=1135–1151 |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199911)24:12<1135::AID-ESP40>3.0.CO;2-F|bibcode=1999ESPL...24.1135S }}</ref>
* The [[Waimakariri River]] of New Zealand is an example of a braided river with an extensive floodplain.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reinfelds |first1=Ivars |last2=Nanson |first2=Gerald |title=Formation of braided river floodplains, Waimakariri River, New Zealand |journal=Sedimentology |date=December 1993 |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=1113–1127 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3091.1993.tb01382.x|bibcode=1993Sedim..40.1113R }}</ref>

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File:Waimakariri03 gobeirne.jpg|[[Waimakariri River]] with the [[:en:Southern Alps|Southern Alps]] in the background, [[Canterbury Region|Canterbury]], New Zealand
File:Rakaia_River_NZ_aerial_closer.jpg|[[Rakaia River]], South Island, New Zealand
File:Braided_Stream_FairbanksTananaRiver.jpg|Tanana River, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
File:Toklat_River_-_East_Fork_01.jpg|Toklat River, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
File:Intermittent_Medano_Creek_Seeps_through_Desert_Sands.jpg|Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, United States
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