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Channel pattern
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<p><a href="/facts/Channel_(geography)/zanMS2Ek">Channel</a> patterns are found in <a href="/facts/River/GxdjEX21">rivers</a>, streams, and other bodies of water that transport water from one place to another. Systems of branching river channels dissect most of the sub-aerial landscape, each in a valley proportioned to its size. Whether formed by chance or necessity, by headward <a href="/facts/Erosion/gaGJXy0W">erosion</a> or downslope convergence, whether inherited or newly formed. Depending on different geological factors such as weathering, erosion, depositional environment, and <a href="/facts/Sediment/zsIH1A6U">sediment</a> type, different types of channel patterns can form. </p>