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Automatically Place Streamlines
Use automatically placed streamlines for uniform density.
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StreamPlot[{Cos[x^2 + y], 1 + x - y^2}, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, 

 StreamColorFunction -> "Rainbow"]
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