Sentence examples for river capture from inspiring English sources

Bishop, P. Drainage rearrangement by river capture, beheading and diversion.

River capture events can be inferred from geological and topographic observations throughout the region.

This corresponds to a large river capture that transfers a tributary of the North Canadian to the lower Canadian River.

The landscape evolution in this basin is complex and does not respond to a simple model of headward erosion following river capture of a former endorheic catchment.

Based on longitudinal profile analysis, we find that the river capture events more likely occurred in the syncline valleys of low-relief landscape.

Tufa barrage development is associated with steps in the bedrock, which may be related to knick-point recession during river capture.

'Active' erosional conditions are found in the central and northern limits of the basin relating to a known zone of tectonic deformation, the Infierno-Marchalico Lineament, and also to the effects of a river capture-related base-level lowering.

River captures and rapid valley incisions refer to present-day basin subsidence.

This younger river captured the older river, Dr. Reynolds said, established its present course and then carved the Grand Canyon only four million to six million years ago.

Grant subsequently crossed the river, captured and destroyed Jackson, Miss., to cut off Vicksburg's supply lines and laid siege to Pemberton's army.

It describes the potential relationship of the tufa with locations of hypothesised river captures and inception horizon-guided groundwater flow paths.