What is meant by river capture?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: One river taking over another river’s drainage
The governing concept is stream piracy, also called river capture. A river with vigorous headward erosion may cut backward through a divide until it intercepts a neighboring stream. The captured stream is then diverted into the more aggressive river’s channel, changing the drainage network; therefore option B is correct. Coastal wave erosion, glacial deposition, and wind-blown dust are unrelated processes and cannot explain the transfer of a drainage basin.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
One river taking over another river’s drainage
Why is this the correct answer?
The governing concept is stream piracy, also called river capture. A river with vigorous headward erosion may cut backward through a divide until it intercepts a neighboring stream. The captured stream is then diverted into the more aggressive river’s channel, changing the drainage network; therefore option B is correct. Coastal wave erosion, glacial deposition, and wind-blown dust are unrelated processes and cannot explain the transfer of a drainage basin.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Accountancy question. Chapter: Theory Base of Accounting. Topic: accounting principles.
