rejuvenation

rejuvenation

1. river capture

   • rivers cut back towards its source
     • headward erosion
       • height difference can cause a waterfall

2. sea level change

   • eustatic
     • global
       • change in volume of the water
   • isostatic
     • change in the land
       • vertical movement
     • local

3. Landforms created

   • knick points
     • sudden break or irregularity
       • obscure or very obvious
   • waterfalls and rapids
   • river terraces
     • remnants of former floodplains
       • lateral erosion
   • incised meanders
     • steep gorge cut into a meandering channel
       • vertical exceeds lateral
     • ingrown
       • low incision
       • asymmetrical
     • entrenched
       • rapid incision
         • symmetrical valley