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Headward erosion is
erosion at the
origin of a
stream channel,
which causes the
origin to move back away from the
direction of the
stream flow, lengthening...
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Alice Mabel Headwards-Hunter, LAH,
FRCSEd (late 1800s – 11
September 1973) was the
first woman to
become a
Fellow of the
Royal College of
Surgeons of...
- U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two
glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another,
although frequently this
results in a saddle-shaped...
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Subsequent streams are
streams whose course has been
determined by
selective headward erosion along weak strata.
These streams have
generally developed after...
- The
spinous processes project tailwards from T1–T9,
straight up at T10,
headwards from T11 to T12, and the rest
project straight up. The
spinous processes...
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course Natural damming, such as by a
landslide or ice
sheet Erosion,
either Headward erosion of one
stream valley upwards into another, or
Lateral erosion of...
- of
vertical displacement as is the case of the
second and
fifth gorges.
Headward erosion along these structural lines of
weakness would establish a new...
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tectonic uplift (or subsidence),
natural damming created by a landslide, or
headward or
lateral erosion of the
watershed between adjacent basins. Biogeography...
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initially still fell over 100 m (330 ft) into the sinkhole, very
rapid headward erosion has
since left no
significant waterfall at this location. La Chute...
- When the
cliff edge does not
retreat uniformly but
instead is
indented by
headward eroding streams, a
section can be cut off from the main cliff, forming...
