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A detailed survey of the Fraser River in Canada challenges preconceptions about how river water flows. The results call for a re-evaluation of how waterways carve through bedrock to form canyons. See Letter p.534

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Figure 2: Flow velocity in rivers.

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  1. Nicole M. Gasparini is in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA.,

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Gasparini, N. A fresh look at river flow. Nature 513, 490–491 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/513490a

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