Headcut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headcut is a noun meaning An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
Meaning
An erosional feature of some intermittent and perennial streams with an abrupt vertical drop (knickpoint) in the stream bed.
Example Sentences
Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.
Word Forms
- headcuts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include headwall, conehead.
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