River channel patterns and features reflect the balance between sediment supply and the river's transport capacity. When sediment supply exceeds the channel's capacity to move it (i.e., during aggradation), the channel typically becomes wider, shallower, and splits into multiple, shifting channels.
Progressive aggradation — the ongoing buildup of excess sediment in a channel because the sediment load exceeds what the flow can carry away — is...
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