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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