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Briefly explain how a meandering stream can become incised in solid bedrock. What will be an ideal response?

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What is a superposed stream? What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

A stream with a previously established meandering pattern may become incised into solid bedrock that
is uplifted, or the same stream may be responding to a relative lowering of its base level.



Answer to Question 2

A superposed stream is one whose course was developed earlier, while flowing over a relatively flat
surface, and that maintained its course by downward erosion, as more resistant rock layers were
uplifted into its path.




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