Braided river
（重定向自Braided channel）
![The Waimakariri River is braided over most of its course.](/Images/godic/202501/01/Waimakariri01_gobeirne0123.jpg")
![The White River in the U.S. state of Washington transports a large sediment load from the Emmons Glacier of Mount Rainier, a young, rapidly eroding volcano.](/Images/godic/202501/01/White_River_59650124.JPG")
![](/Images/godic/202501/01/Braided_Drainage0124.jpg")
- Not to be confused with the River Braid, Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
A braided river is one of a number of channel types and has a channel that consists of a network of small channels separated by small and often temporary islands called braid bars or, in British usage, aits or eyots. Braided streams occur in rivers with high slope and/or large sediment load. Braided channels are also typical of environments that dramatically decrease channel depth, and consequently channel velocity, such as river deltas, alluvial fans and peneplains.