Stream capture, river capture, or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. This can happen for several reasons, including: The additional water flowing down the capturing stream may accelerate e...
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(from the article `river`) ...In most cases, erosion was accomplished by the same river that occupies the valley bottom, although sometimes rivers are diverted from one valley ... A river system of appreciable size is likely to have undergone considerable changes in drainage area, network pattern, and profile and channel ... ...the f...
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see stream piracy.
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piracy (def. 3).
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