Introduction A meandering Channel or stream has a single channel that winds snakelike through its valley, so that the distance ‘as the stream flows’ is greater than ‘as the crow flies. ‘ As water flows around these curves, the outer edge of water is moving faster than the inner. With greater …

Braided stream: Many present-day alluvial fans grade laterally into the alluvial plain of a braided river; that is ...

Alluvial fans represent an environment of sudden transition, where narrow, steep mountain or upland valleys disgorge sediment onto ...