Headcutting definition

Headcutting means the erosive process of stream bed particles being washed off a steepened area of a stream bed, deepening the channel and resulting in a loss in vertical and floodplain con- nectivity.
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Headcutting means the erosive process of stream bed particles being washed off a steep- ened area of a stream bed, deepening the channel and resulting in a loss in vertical and flood- plain connectivity.
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Related to Headcutting

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