Stream capture refers to
A)the legal process by which a government secures rights to the waters of a river basin.
B)the merging of two streams flowing in the same valley.
C)the process by which one channel erodes through a drainage divide and captures the headwater regions of another stream.
D)the illegal withdrawal of water from a river.
E)the ponding of water in a river basin after dam construction.

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Stream capture refers to the process by which one channel erodes through a drainage divide and captures the headwater regions of another stream.

Stream Capture Refers to