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Headward erosion
Headward erosion is erosion that lengthens a stream, a valley or a gully at its head and also enlarges its drainage basin. If headward erosion continues long enough, it can cause a stream to break through into a neighboring watershed and capture drainage that previously flowed to another stream.
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