Stream piracy refers to
A)the legal process by which a state secures rights to the waters of a river basin.
B)the merging of two streams flowing in the same valley.
C)capturing the headwater regions of another stream by an eroding rill in another system.
D)the illegal withdrawal of water from a river.
E)upstream erosion leading the to the lengthening of the channel.

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Stream piracy, also known as river capture, occurs when a stream or river in one watershed erodes through a divide into another watershed, capturing the flow of another stream. This process is driven by headward erosion and can significantly alter the landscape and drainage patterns.

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