Which Statement Below Best Describes How Narrow Valleys Form

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which statement below best describes how narrow valleys form?

• A) Streams tend to flow down abandoned mine shafts.
• B) Stream cuts vertically, but valley sides cave in due to weathering and mass wasting.
• C) Stream water dissolves the bedrock along a narrow swath of soluble bedrock.
• D) Stream cuts vertically along soft fault gouge.

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