Over time as erosion lowers the landscape a river valley will typically ________

A) become steeper and discharge increases in the streams
B) become narrower but with a lower gradient, entrenching meanders
C) become broader and lower gradient
D) deepen into a bigger and bigger canyon, like the Grand Canyon


C

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