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downcutting
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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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The stream was a downcut channel and rabbit brush, an invasive plant not grazed by livestock, was predominant in the pasture.
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CDOT would restore the disturbed areas of the mouse habitat on CDOT property with a series of dams that would trap sediment, fill up the downcut stream channel, raise the water table, and replenish streamside vegetation.
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On Figure 1 the section is exposed about two miles north of Warrensburg where Post Oak Creek has downcut through the Warrensburg Sandstone.
Valley anticline associated with the Warrensburg Sandstone in Missouri by Nold, John L. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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