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(q018) which statement is true about stream piracy? a. it results when headward erosion causes one stream to intersect the course of another stream. b. it leaves behind a dry channel called a water gap. c. all of the possible answers are correct. d. it reverses the direction of flow in the captured stream.

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The statement which is true about stream piracy: a. it results when headward erosion causes one stream to intersect the course of another stream.

What is an erosion?

An erosion can be defined as a geological process that involves the wearing out of rock layers, earthen materials (soil) and the transportation of these solid materials by agents of denudation such as:

  • Water
  • Wind

What is stream piracy?

A stream piracy is also referred to as stream capture, river piracy or river capture and it can be defined as a geomorphological phenomenon which typically occurs when an actively eroding low-level stream or headward erosion captures the drainage of a nearby high-level stream and then diverts part of this stream

This ultimately implies that, some of the causes of stream piracy include the following:

  1. Headward erosion
  2. Lateral planation.
  3. Subterranean diversion

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