amalgamation

mj-msc.tex

@@ -283,13 +283,29 @@ direction are topographic:
         bends over a relatively long distance) implies greater slope, more
         water, and/or faster flow.
 
-    \item Bendy river, on the contrary, implies slower flow, smaller slope,
+    \item Bendy river, on the contrary, implies slower flow, slighter slope,
         and/or less water.
 
 \end{itemize}
 
-Both {\VW} and {\DP} have a tendency to remove the small bends altogether,
+Both {\VW} and {\DP} have a tendency to remove the small bends altogether, a
-which is a valuable characterization of the river. Therefore, a more robust
+valuable characterization of the river.
+
+Sometimes low-water rivers in slender slopes have many bends next to each
+other. In low resolutions (either in small-DPI screens or paper, or when the
+river is sufficiently zoomed out, or both), the small bends will amalgamate to
+a unintelligible blob. Figure~\onpage{fig:amalgamate1} and
+figure~\onpage{fig:amalgamate2} are real-world examples where a river, normally
+1 or 2 pixels wide, creates a few pixels wide blob due to a number of bends.
+
+\begin{figure}[h]
+    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{amalgamate1}
+    \caption{Narrow bends amalgamating into large unintelligible blobs}
+    \label{fig:pixel-amalgamation}
+\end{figure}
+
+
+Therefore, a more robust
 generalization algorithm is worthwhile for lookout.
 
 \subsubsection{Modern approaches}