Here we seek to understand the formation of those rarely recognized and poorly characterized single‐thread rivers in unvegetated landscapes.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Sediment source areas and the role of floods in sediment mixing on the Letaba River, South Africa (2024) · doi

  The morphodynamics of rivers in semiarid environments tend to be controlled by episodic flood events, but the precise nature of sedimentary processes and sediment source areas within catchments affected by episodic floods remains not well understood.

  Keywords: episodic morphodynamics rivers semiarid environments tend controlled flood events precise nature sedimentary processes sediment source
• Riparian vegetation and geomorphological interactions in anabranching rivers: A global review (2021) · doi

  Vegetation, flow regime and sediment retention are critical components for the formation, evolution and stability of these rivers; however, the connections relating river dynamics with riparian vegetation development and distribution are still not well known.

  Keywords: vegetation flow regime sediment retention critical components formation evolution stability rivers connections relating river dynamics
• Model for the Formation of Single‐Thread Rivers in Barren Landscapes and Implications for Pre‐Silurian and Martian Fluvial Deposits (2019) · doi

  Here we seek to understand the formation of those rarely recognized and poorly characterized single‐thread rivers in unvegetated landscapes.

  Keywords: here seek understand formation rarely recognized poorly characterized single thread rivers unvegetated landscapes