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What will be an ideal response?


braided stream: a maze of interconnected channels formed from excess sediment.
anabranching channel: multiple large channels present across a vast floodplain.
straight channel: steep mountain regions or bedrock controlled.
meandering stream: sinuous form where there is a gradual slope.

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