A Water Gap Is ___________

question 17

Multiple Choice

A water gap is ___________ .

• A) a short segment of canyon formed where a river flows across the outcrop area of a resistant, ridge-forming rock layer
• B) a low sag between adjoining segments of a natural levee
• C) the narrow strip of land separating two meander loops
• D) a vertical-walled canyon resulting from very rapid stream downcutting

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