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==Anastomosed channels==
Often confused with braided channels, [[Anastomosis|anastomosing]] is reserved for a type of river with multiple, interconnected, coexisting channel belts on alluvial plains. Based on its geomorphology, saucer-shaped islands called [[Flood basin|flood-basins]] characterize anastomosing rivers.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Makaske|first1=Bart|title=Anastomosing rivers: a review of their classification, origin and sedimentary products|journal=Earth-Science Reviews|date=2001|volume=53|issue=3-4|pages=149–196|doi=10.1016/S0012-8252(00)00038-6|url=http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geo5xx/geos544/pdfs/fluvial/makaske.pdf|access-date=2017-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091819/http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geo5xx/geos544/pdfs/fluvial/makaske.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-11|dead-url=yes}}</ref> These channels are classified as a composite form of which the individual channel belts may have braided, [[meander]]ing or [[Straight River (central Minnesota)|straight channels]]. Although similar to, and even encompass other channel types, anastomosed rivers are their own entity and have just begun to be studied by [[geologist]]s, revealing that much is still unknown.
[[Fluvial]] processes form several '''channel patterns''', including:
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