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downcutting
(redirected from Downward erosion)

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downcutting [′dau̇n‚kəd·iŋ]
(geology)
Stream erosion in which the cutting is directed in a downward direction.
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Overall, rates of downward erosion in this region have averaged between 55 and 123 m per million years during the past 17 million years, Hill and her colleagues report in the March 7 Science.
Ancient chasm: parts of Grand Canyon may be 17 million years old by Perkins, Sid / Science News
 
 
 
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