Usually means: River cuts backward into landscape.
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  1. headward erosion, Headward erosion: Encyclopedia

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Headward erosion)

noun:  erosion at the origin of a stream channel, which causes the origin to move back away from the direction of the stream flow, lengthening the stream channel.


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