SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Section of River Feshie that has cut through forest resulting in gravel banks, tree debris and woodland pools. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Section of River Feshie that has cut through forest resulting in gravel banks, tree debris and woodland pools. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels on the Cabanne D' Orny in the Swiss Alps, providing electricity for this off grid mountain hut at over 10,000 feet. Switzerland, August 2014

Ashley Cooper / Solar panels on the Cabanne D' Orny in the Swiss Alps, providing electricity for this off grid mountain hut at over 10,000 feet. Switzerland, August 2014

Graham Eaton / Glacial outwash sand and gravel deposits, Baumaris, Wales, UK, June. These deposits were laid down in a fluvial environment of braided streams near the front of a retreating glacier, during the last I...

Tom Gilks / Kenyan women having hair braided, Kisumu region, Kenya, December 2013.

Tom Gilks / Kenyan women having hair braided, Kisumu region, Kenya, December 2013.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Aerial view of braided channel of River feshie, with regenerating Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest and Carn Dearg Mor in background, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June 2016.

Graham Eaton / Gordale Scar, a ravine cut through Carboniferous limestone, partially created from a collapsed cave. Several springs in valley, with braided, meandering channels, Malham, Yorkshire, England, UK, Janua...

Graham Eaton / Gordale Scar, a ravine cut through Carboniferous limestone, partially created from a collapsed cave. Several springs in valley, with braided, meandering channels, Malham, Yorkshire, England, UK, Janua...

Peter Mather / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) aerial of the migrating Porcupine herd, crossing river, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Graham Eaton / Small braided stream flowing across a beach with Jurassic age, Liassic limestone cliffs in the background, Southerndown, Wales, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Braided channel of River Feshie in winter, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, January 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Braided channel of the River Feshie in winter, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, January 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Profile portrait of Hamer woman with traditional ornaments and braided hair covered in ochre and butter, Territory of the hamer tribe. Lower Omo Valley. Ethiopia, November 2014

Brent Stephenson / South Island oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) nest containing two eggs. This is the nest of one of the few pairs of this species that nests on braided riverbeds in the North Island, as the name sugg...

Brent Stephenson / South Island oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) nest containing two eggs. This is one of the few pairs of this species that nests on braided riverbeds in the North Island, as the name suggests they no...

Brent Stephenson / Banded dotterel / Double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) nest containing two eggs on a braided riverbed. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Adult female Banded dotterel / Double-banded plover (Charadrius bicinctus) in breeding plumage near the nest on a braided riverbed. Ngaruroro River, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Michael Quinton / Copper River, Alaska

Theo Allofs / Braided river delta showing floodplain, channel bars and channels, Katmai, Alaska

Theo Allofs / Braided river delta showing floodplain, channel bars and channels, Katmai, Alaska

Theo Allofs / Braided river showing floodplain, channel bars and channels, Katmai, Alaska

Jeff Vanuga / Aerial view of Polychrome Basin and braided, dried riverbed in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA, autumn, September 2008

Ingo Arndt / Aichilik River channels and gravel bars on coastal plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Jack Dykinga / Mount McKinley rises above the braided McKinley River valley in Denali National Park, Alaska

Inaki Relanzon / Bend in the river at Landmannalaugar, central Iceland

Pete Oxford / String of braided tabacco leaves. Tabacco is sold by unit length, then dried and hand rolled. Antandroy market at Faux Cap, Southern MADAGASCAR. 2005

Pete Cairns / Aerial view of braided river channel and alluvial fan flowing into coastal creek, Alaska.

Gerry Ellis / Braided river channels and gravel bars of the Canning River, 1002 Area, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Gerry Ellis / Aerial view of braided river channel through rainforest, Lake Kutubu region, Papua New Guinea

Peter Mather / River flowing across coastal plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Peter Mather / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) porcupine herd in plain and river, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Peter Mather / Slims River flowing into Kluane Lake, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada

Peter Mather / Slims River flowing into Kluane Lake, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada

Peter Mather / Coastal plain, which is the calving and nursing grounds of Porcupine caribou herd and is threatened by potential oil and gas development, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Peter Mather / Aerial of coastal plain, which is the calving and nursing grounds of Porcupine caribou herd and is threatened by potential oil and gas development, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Copper River, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Flood plains of the Copper River, Alaska

Colin Monteath / Braided streams across mud flats, Patagonia, Argentina

Matthias Breiter / Kwik Stream in taiga, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Ingo Arndt / River channels and gravel bars beside the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Nick Groves / Waimakariri River showing braided streams, Canterbury, New Zealand

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Braided river flowing from Mt. Aspiring National Park, Glenorchy South Island, New Zealand

Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House / Braided river after winter snowfall, Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone tracking shot of Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) flock flying above braided glacial river, Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone tracking shot of Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) flock flying above braided glacial river, Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone tracking shot of Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) flock flying above braided glacial river, Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of braided glacial river. The drone pans up and reveals mountains. Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of frozen braided glacial river, south Iceland. February.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of frozen braided glacial river, south Iceland. February.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial panning shot of frozen braided glacial river, south Iceland. February.

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone shot of frozen braided glacial river, south Iceland. February.

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone shot of dry glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of dry glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of dry braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of dry glacier river and 'halo' effect in clouds, south Iceland. June. Sequence 1/2.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot, above the clouds, of dry glacier river, south Iceland. June. Sequence 2/2.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Drone tracking shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial tracking shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial shot of Gull (Larus sp.) flock near braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial tracking shot of braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Mateusz Piesiak / Aerial tracking shot of Gull (Larus sp.) flock near braided glacial river, south Iceland. June.

Ingo Arndt / Glacial river delta, Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland

Ingo Arndt / River beds amid sand dunes, Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

Ingo Arndt / Glacial river delta, Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland

Ingo Arndt / Glacial river delta, Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland

Ingo Arndt / River beds amid sand dunes, Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

Ingo Arndt / River beds amid sand dunes, Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

Espen Bergersen / Aerial view of braided river, Adventdalen valley, Svalbard, Norway. August.

Olga Kamenskaya / Aerial view of braided river running through valley on snow covered plateau, Putoransky State Nature Reserve, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia. May, 2021.

Theo Allofs / Braided river showing multiple channels, Katmai, Alaska

David Tipling / Aerial view of rewilding at Glenfeshie and the braided River Feshie in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Mark MacEwen / Glacier fed braided river through King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding colony, aerial view. St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. October 2017.

Mark MacEwen / King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colony alongside braided glacier-fed river, mountains in background. Aerial view, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. October 2017.

Graham Eaton / Lateral moraine deposit at edge of Findel Glacier. Glacier in retreat with braided stream below. Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland. September 2019.

Graham Eaton / Lateral moraine deposited at edge of Findel glacier. Glacier in retreat with braided river in valley, Matterhorn in distance. Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland. September 2019.

David Tipling / Frozen braided Amur River, aerial view. North of Petropavlovka, Russian Far East, Far East Russia. February 2020.

David Tipling / Frozen braided Amur River, aerial view. North of Petropavlovka, Russian Far East, Far East Russia. February 2020.