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Anabranching Channels

Anabranching Channels is a fluvial channel pattern characterized by the division of a river into multiple, interconnected channels that rejoin downstream, distinguished from braided or meandering systems by stable, partially sediment-filled anabranches that persist over time.

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2017–2026

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Anabranching Channel Patterns

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Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills

Robert C. Walter, Dorothy J. Merritts · Science · 2008 · 880 citations

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ANABRANCHING RIVERS: THEIR CAUSE, CHARACTER AND CLASSIFICATION

Gerald C. Nanson, A. D. Knighton · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 1996 · 666 citations

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Patterns of anabranching channels: The ultimate end-member adjustment of mega rivers

Edgardo M. Latrubesse · Geomorphology · 2008 · 461 citations · Full text

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Channel patterns: Braided, anabranching, and single-thread

Brett Eaton, Robert G. Millar, S. L. Davidson · Geomorphology · 2010 · 239 citations

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The role of vegetation in the formation of anabranching channels in an ephemeral river, Northern plains, arid central Australia

Stephen Tooth, Gerald C. Nanson · Hydrological Processes · 2000 · 227 citations

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Authors

110

  1. GC
    Gerald C. Nanson

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    12 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. ST
    Stephen Tooth

    Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 462 citations

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  3. PA
    Peter Ashmore

    Western University, Canada

    2 publications · 216 citations

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  4. JD
    John D. Jansen

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    2 publications · 192 citations

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  5. ZL
    Zhiwei Li

    Changsha University of Science and Technology, China

    2 publications · 36 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    876 citations

  3. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    41 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  5. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  6. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    439 citations

  7. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  8. Western University

    London, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    216 citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Water Resources Research

    4 publications · 437 citations

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  4. River Research and Applications

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. Sedimentary Geology

    2 publications · 84 citations

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