Definition of Headwards. Meaning of Headwards. Synonyms of Headwards

- 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...
- Alice Mabel Headwards-Hunter was born in India in 1888, the daughter of Lillian Mary Headwards (née Vardon) and her husband John James Headwards, an Indian...
- U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequently this results in a saddle-shaped...
- 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...
- 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...
- characterized by a distinct 'headscarp' or 'headwall' and progress by headward (i.e., upstream) erosion. Gullies are commonly related to intermittent...
- Fan, Junwei Mao, Hongshan Gao, Xiaofei Hu, Rapid fluvial incision and headward erosion by the Yellow River along the Jinshaan gorge during the past 1...
- linear feature. The erosion is both downward, deepening the valley, and headward, extending the valley into the hillside, creating head cuts and steep banks...
- 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...