River systems have changed through time; the sinuous, stable channels common today developed relatively late in Earth's history. The rock record suggests that a specific type of fixed-channel river system arose after the expansion of arborescence.
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Paola, C. Co-evolution of rivers and plants. Nature Geosci 4, 583–584 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1247
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