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avulse

[uh-vuhls] / əˈvʌls /


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“Rivers are perturbed all the time but only avulse if they are set up by enough deposition,” he says.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

Geographers had already noticed that rivers tend to avulse at the foot of mountains, where slopes change dramatically and sediment settles out, silting up the bed.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021




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