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Wyoming is a remarkable display of an antecedent stream. A 100-meter slot is cut through a granite ridge which would have missed the ridge completely had the river flowed just a kilometer to the south.
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44:trellis drainage pattern
1106:River Continuum Concept
871:Agricultural wastewater
1429:River name etymologies
1356:Hydraulic civilization
1214:Floodplain restoration
990:Point source pollution
765:Sedimentary structures
1041:Discharge (hydrology)
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1315:Whitewater canoeing
1116:Runoff curve number
960:Flood pulse concept
51:superimposed stream
1346:Aquatic toxicology
1259:Stream restoration
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592:Sediment transport
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298:River bifurcation
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391:Winterbourne
346:Chalk stream
308:River source
283:Distributary
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381:Stream pool
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1071:Hydrograph
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1026:Baer's law
970:Inundation
955:Floodplain
895:stormwater
853:Whitewater
725:Oxbow lake
562:Knickpoint
537:Deposition
430:Hot spring
371:Streamflow
361:Stream bed
278:Confluence
158:References
1455:Hydrology
1361:Limnology
1310:Triathlon
1280:Canyoning
1249:Revetment
1179:Check dam
1091:Main stem
848:Waterfall
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720:Mouth bar
660:Billabong
607:Water gap
602:Wash load
582:Saltation
502:Anabranch
425:Holy well
313:Tributary
147:Water gap
89:Subansiri
69:Himalayan
1164:Aqueduct
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998:Effluent
675:Cut bank
640:Avulsion
517:Bed load
497:Abrasion
152:Wind gap
136:See also
129:Ardennes
102:cut the
62:Examples
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1334:Related
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818:Meander
813:Log jam
775:Thalweg
680:Estuary
552:Erosion
489:erosion
401:Springs
356:Current
323:Streams
263:Channel
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222:streams
106:as the
1136:WAFLEX
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891:Floods
833:Riffle
828:Rapids
770:Strath
740:Ravine
665:Canyon
420:Geyser
351:Coulee
336:Bourne
331:Arroyo
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81:Sutlej
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918:Flood
838:Shoal
705:Gully
700:Gulch
670:Chine
655:Bayou
512:Armor
464:Ponor
239:lists
125:Meuse
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67:Many
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