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is a similar feature, but one in which a waterway still flows. Water gaps and wind gaps often provide routes which, due to their gently inclined profile, are suitable for
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system. Another wind gap with substantial importance in U.S. history is the
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through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of
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Neuendorf, Klaus K. E.; Institute, American Geological (2005).
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near the junction of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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Windgap
Wind gap (disambiguation)
Blue Ridge Mountains
state of Virginia
United States
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Stream capture
headward erosion
gap
stream capture
water gap
trails
roads
railroads
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Swift Run Gap
Rockfish Gap
Buford's Gap
Bedford
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk Southern Railway
Cumberland Gap
Wind gap Rockfish Gap, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

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