Why Don’t All Rivers Make Canyons?
The Grand Canyon is super-wide and super-deep, which might make you think that the Colorado River, which carved it, is particularly old or powerful. Or at least that's what I thought.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Canyon: a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
- River equilibrium: a state in which a river's water flow and sediment transport are balanced.
- River incision: a natural process where a river cuts downward into its bed, deepening the channel
- Tectonic uplift: the geological process that occurs when the Earth's surface rises due to tectonic forces, such as plate movements or volcanic activity.
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