“…Although rivers flowing through such basins have classically been assumed to be braided due to the lack of bank stability imparted by vegetation (Schumm, 1968; Long, 1977; Cotter, 1978; Eriksson et al ., 1998, 2006; Davies & Gibling, 2010; Davies et al ., 2011; Gibling et al ., 2014), a number of examples of the deposits of Precambrian (and thus pre‐vegetation) single‐threaded rivers have been documented (Casshyap, 1968; Pretorius, 1974; Long, 1977; Button & Tyler, 1981; Sweet, 1988; Long & Turner, 2012; Ielpi & Rainbird, 2015; Santos & Owen, 2016; Ielpi et al ., 2017; Ganti et al ., 2019; Barkat et al ., 2020; Chakraborty et al ., 2022; Marconato et al ., 2022, McMahon et al ., 2023). Additionally, recent work has shown that single‐threaded rivers are also pervasive in barren regions with a sufficient supply of fine sediment or ice (e.g.…”