A stream occupying a valley which is larger than would be predicted on the basis of the stream's present erosive power.
Example sentencesExamples
- The River des Peres is a misfit stream for the same reason that Mill Creek is.
- The path leads down towards Burbage Brook, the misfit stream that flows down the valley.
- Some may be relict features of earlier events, for example broad valleys in alpine regions with misfit streams are common in glaciated regions.
- The tiny river flowing through the gorge today is called a misfit stream because it obviously could not have formed the valley that it flows through.
- Topography in this misfit stream valley is varied.