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anabranching channel

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

anabranching channel A type of distributary river channel that separates from its trunk stream and may flow parallel to it for several kilometres before rejoining it. The anabranching channel remains undivided, and so differs from an anastomosing channel which has major distributaries that branch and then rejoin it.

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anabranching channel

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

anabranching channel A type of distributary channel that separates from its trunk stream and may flow parallel to it for several kilometres before rejoining it. The anabranching channel remains undivided, and so differs from an anastomosing channel which has major distributaries that branch and then rejoin it.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "anabranching channel." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL ALLABY. "anabranching channel." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-anabranchingchannel.html

MICHAEL ALLABY. "anabranching channel." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-anabranchingchannel.html

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