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   Tim Kozusko to All   
   Re: Rivers...   
   04 Jul 03 13:22:52   
   
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   From: timkozxx@cfl.rr.com   
      
   Terry Wilson  wrote in message   
   news:qTbNa.210$VZ4.19253@newsfep2-gui.server.ntli.net...   
   > This debate is unnecessary. Just apply logic. Water will flow downwards.   
   It   
   > will follow the path where downward flow is favoured. The situation is   
   > self-perpetuating as the flow itself deepens the path already followed,   
   > literally entrenching the river. A bifurcation could occur but it will be   
   a   
   > temporary situation, until one or other path gains effect over the other.   
   >   
   > So, we can say that, generally, exceptional circumstances apart, rivers   
   > don't split. They converge. That's why they get wider towards the sea.   
      
   Well well well, you've almost made a sensible post there.  Actually it is   
   (probably copied and pasted) but it ignores an important effect or two which   
   are age and parent material.  Many rivers become more shallow as they age.   
      
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