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<br />Meandering Channels
<br />The mint iummon nt~er form h} f.u i, the n,can-
<br />ticnng p;tttrtn (tip. 6.~1). Alcandann~ r~~athe, contain
<br />the same physical components obsrnetl m stau,~ht
<br />dtannels (p~wb, utflr~, b.tt~), dlstnhuted ut a smilat
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<br />Path acn,>c the ch.nmrl, intpirn~in~.t,{ain,t the tatter
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<br />yue side nt`ai the Tittles
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<br />fonc~i a;;.unst the tnttrr ban1. ut a mc•antlcr, rt, Ali,{hll,
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