Show A BRAIDED STREAM A river not confined to a single channel but broken up into a number of channels which in turn branch and unite in a complex and confusing manner is called a braided stream it is caused by the slight fall of the stream which prevents it from carrying away all the sediment swept into it by its numerous tributaries tributa ries this material chokes the stream and forces it to spread into many shallow and shifting channels resembling the strands of a braid A good example of this is jefferson river |