Editing Braid (section)

==Metaphors==
[[Image:Braided Stream FairbanksTananaRiver.jpg|thumb|The braided streams of the [[Tanana River]]]]
Braids are often used figuratively to represent interweaving or combination, such as in, "He braided many different ideas into a new whole."

In some river and stream systems, small streams join and redivide in many places. Such stream systems are said to be [[Braided river|braided]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tcrHTgYI-MC&q=He%20braided%20many%20different%20ideas%20into%20a%20new%20whole.&pg=PA26 | title=Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women | access-date=1 March 2016 | author=Collier, Ann | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005134607/https://books.google.ca/books?id=5tcrHTgYI-MC&pg=PA26&ots=MchsG80_IM&q=He%20braided%20many%20different%20ideas%20into%20a%20new%20whole. | archive-date=5 October 2016 | isbn=9780857003379 | date=2011-11-15 | publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers }}</ref> These are often found in [[alluvial fan]]s at the outlet of [[canyon]]s. This is a result of heavy [[sediment]] deposition at high flows followed by re-erosion at low flows.