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   "Using advanced satellite technology, the team mapped how certain   
   landscape features make avulsions more likely. "Measuring topography   
   around a river is difficult and time-consuming because of the dense   
   vegetation," said Gearon. "We took advantage of a new satellite that   
   uses lasers to measure topography." This technology, called lidar,   
   penetrates vegetation to find bare-earth elevations, allowing for   
   accurate topographical measurements.   
      
   The study presents a novel framework for predicting when avulsions will   
   occur, a problem humanity has dealt with for millennia. "Avulsions which   
   are possibly the inspirations for ancient flood myths, have created the   
   largest floods in human history, and continue to threaten millions of   
   people today," explained Edmonds. "As climate change alters global water   
   cycles and human expansion into flood-prone areas increases,   
   understanding and predicting avulsions has never been more critical.""   
      
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240919174816.htm   
      
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   "In sedimentary geology and fluvial geomorphology, avulsion is the rapid   
   abandonment of a river channel and the formation of a new river channel.   
   Avulsions occur as a result of channel slopes that are much less steep   
   than the slope that the river could travel if it took a new course.[1]"   
      
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