Question

what is a river capture​

Answer 1

Answer:

• the natural diversion of the headwaters of one stream into the channel of another, typically resulting from rapid headward erosion by the latter stream.

Answer 2

Answer:

River capture  is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream.

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→The main geological changes that have caused river capture are glaciation and tectonic movement associated with earthquake faults. Glaciation is responsible for most river capture events over the past 300,000 years.

→The diversion of the part of the course of a river by another river is called stream diversion or stream capture or stream piracy.

       by Jennie