| 单词 | river capture |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver capture river capture n. Physical Geography the natural diversion of the headwaters of one stream into the channel of another, frequently as a result of rapid headward erosion of the valley of the latter stream; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [noun] > capture piracy1889 river capture1890 capture1898 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > headward erosion > capture piracy1889 river capture1890 capture1898 1890 W. M. Davis & J. W. Wood in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 24 408 We must therefore regard river capture of this kind as one of the normal lines of progress in river development. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xv. 211 The river-captures of the first cycle will still be legible in the pattern of the drainage. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 76/1 Possible signs of river capture that can often be detected in the landscape include windgaps and elbows of capture, incision of the capturing stream below the capture, and the evident misfit nature of the beheaded stream. 2007 Geomorphology 84 345/1 Sediment provenance characteristics can also be affected by river capture. < as lemmas |
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