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Downcutting

Downcutting, also called erosional downcutting, downward erosion or vertical erosion, is a geological process by hydraulic action that deepens the channel of a stream or valley by removing material from the stream bed or the valley floor. The speed of downcutting depends on the stream's base level, the lowest point to which the stream can erode. Sea…

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GeologicalHydraulic actionChannelStreamValley
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Lake bed downcutting

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Downcutting

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Avg. degree1.94
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Downcutting → Archived, Army Corps, Black Hawk College, Don, Edition, Engineers, Englewood Cliffs, Fluvial Processes II, ISBN, Lake Bed Downcutting, Leet, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, NJ, Physical Geography, Physical Geology, Prentice-Hall, Wayback MachineU, Wikisource-logo
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Downcutting → erosion of cohesive material such as clay or glacial till from a shoreline by wave action

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stream erosion process base level called material gradient bed geological channel valley lake streams lateral faster bluff erode cohesive action

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Downcuttingis aerosion of cohesive material such as clay or glacial till from a shoreline by wave action0.90text
clay or glacial till from a shoreline by wave actioninstance ofLake bed downcuttingLake bed downcutting is the erosion of cohesive material0.80text
bluff erosioninstance ofcohesive material cannot be replenished by natural events0.80text
Downcuttingrelated to Lake bed downcuttingLake0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to Lake bed downcuttingWhen0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to Lake bed downcuttingUnlike0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to Lake bed downcuttingThis0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to ReferencesBlack Hawk College0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to ReferencesFluvial Processes II0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to ReferencesPhysical Geography0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to ReferencesArchived0.60section
Downcuttingrelated to ReferencesWayback MachineU0.60section

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