In the course of stream development, each stream and its tributaries tend toincrease their length by headward erosion, or in other words to enlarge their catchment area. A shifting of divide and eventually a struggle ...In the course of stream development, each stream and its tributaries tend toincrease their length by headward erosion, or in other words to enlarge their catchment area. A shifting of divide and eventually a struggle for existence by which a part or the whole of tne stream will be diverted or captured by the otherwill be resulted. This phenomena is called in physiography, river capture or river piracy.展开更多
文摘In the course of stream development, each stream and its tributaries tend toincrease their length by headward erosion, or in other words to enlarge their catchment area. A shifting of divide and eventually a struggle for existence by which a part or the whole of tne stream will be diverted or captured by the otherwill be resulted. This phenomena is called in physiography, river capture or river piracy.
