stackyFACTSWater flowing over flat terrain completely refuses to travel in a straightforward line. Thanks to minor disturbances, one side of the bank erodes faster while the slower side aggressively deposits sediment, causing the entire channel to snake into increasingly ridiculous, highly exaggerated loops.
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