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Kōrero: Water resources

Braided river

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Braided river

The separate strands of the Rakaia River wend toward the distant sea. Braided rivers form when sediment and gravel build up on the riverbed. Eventually the build-up becomes so high that the water, seeking the lowest path, begins to flow down a new channel. In this way the streams of a braided river are constantly moving across their wide bed.

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GNS Science

Reference: CN38455/15

by Lloyd Homer

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Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, Water resources – Rivers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18195/braided-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Charles Pearson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.