Section 03
Canyons
Rivers cutting faster than mountains rise. A river that was already running when the mountains began to rise does not go around them. These entries are about incision winning a race against uplift, and about what happens when the rock in the way dissolves instead.
Entries in this section
3 entries- Virginia Falls
On the South Nahanni, the river drops roughly twice the height of Niagara into a canyon it cut faster than the mountains could rise around it.
- Antecedent rivers
A river older than the mountain range can saw down through it as it rises.
- Karst
Soluble rock produces sinkholes, disappearing streams and caves.