A wind gap may indicate which process?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: River capture or abandonment of an old river valley
A wind gap is a dry, low passage or abandoned valley through which a stream once flowed. When a neighbouring river erodes headward and captures that stream, the former channel may lose its water and remain as a wind gap. Therefore option C is correct. Marine-bar deposition, glacial plucking, and loess deposition may create other features but do not explain an abandoned fluvial route.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
River capture or abandonment of an old river valley
Why is this the correct answer?
A wind gap is a dry, low passage or abandoned valley through which a stream once flowed. When a neighbouring river erodes headward and captures that stream, the former channel may lose its water and remain as a wind gap. Therefore option C is correct. Marine-bar deposition, glacial plucking, and loess deposition may create other features but do not explain an abandoned fluvial route.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Accountancy question. Chapter: Introduction to Accounting.
