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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL PROCESSES > DOWNCUTTING

PREFERRED TERM

DOWNCUTTING  

DEFINITION

  • Erosional downcutting or downward erosion or vertical erosion is a geological process that deepens the channel of a stream or valley by removing material from the stream's bed or the valley's floor.

BROADER CONCEPT

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2013-08-05 12:41:27.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (DOWNCUTTING [0bb77741-598a-4f8c-8ce9-5aa0d61a0906,105349] - FLUVIAL PROCESSES [4b982bef-56fe-41e9-a131-af575a8fec6a,84331]);
  • 2013-08-15 13:48:18.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: Erosional downcutting or downward erosion or vertical erosion is a geological process that deepens the channel of a stream or valley by removing material from the stream's bed or the valley's floor. language code: en);

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