The River Network path effect applied to a sample shape
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River Network

Channels widen downstream as tributaries join, so it earns its place on a watershed map, a catchment diagram or a geography textbook spread.

FamilyNature
Parameters5 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 5 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Tributary°10 to 70, default 34
  2. Length decay0.5 to 0.9, default 0.72
  3. Order3 to 10, default 8
  4. Meander0 to 1, default 0.4
  5. Seed1 to 9999, default 13

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