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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...
- her. Headwards-Hunter was born in India in the late 1800s, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Stream capture by headward erosion, leaving a wind gap...
- glacier. Horn Spire of rock, also known as a pyramidal peak, formed by the headward erosion of three or more cirques around a single mountain. It is an extreme...
- 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...
- linear feature. The erosion is both downward, deepening the valley, and headward, extending the valley into the hillside, creating head cuts and steep banks...