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aiding. Braid bars are sediment features found between thesub-<strong>stream</strong>s <strong>of</strong> multi-thread, braided rivers (Figure 3.7b). Braidbars are highly mobile, <strong>and</strong> deflection <strong>of</strong> flow due to bar movementis responsible for the shifting pattern <strong>of</strong> anabranches <strong>and</strong> frequentbank attack that characterize braided-river morphology.Figure 3.5 – Typical Me<strong>and</strong>eringStream with Point BarsFigure 3.6 – Typical Middle Bar28 Fundamentals <strong>of</strong> Fluvial Geomorphology <strong>and</strong> Stream Processes
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