Stream Capture Refers to

Multiple Choice

Stream capture refers to

A) the legal process by which a government secures rights to the waters of a river basin.
B) the merging of two streams flowing in the same valley.
C) the process by which one channel erodes through a drainage divide and captures the headwater regions of another stream.
D) the illegal withdrawal of water from a river.
E) the ponding of water in a river basin after dam construction.