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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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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...
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characterized by a
distinct 'headscarp' or 'headwall' and
progress by
headward (i.e., upstream) erosion.
Gullies are
commonly related to intermittent...
- 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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preservation of
tidal marsh ecosystems. Some
smaller scale changes include headward (i.e. upstream)
erosion and
coastal development.
Large system changes include...
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Groundwater sapping is a
geomorphic erosion process that
results in the
headward migration of
channels in
response to near
constant fluid discharge at a...
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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...
- (1.6 km) away. The
gorge started forming about 10,000
years ago
through headward erosion caused by
Rainbow Falls, a 91 feet (28 m)
waterfall at the gorge's...
- the
continental shelf,
rivers may form a
plain of
braided rivers until headward erosion penetrates enough inland from the shelfbreak. When base levels...
- 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...
