When river capture occurs in a watershed, the upper course of the captured river changes its course, while the lower course, which has lost its headwaters, will have a greatly reduced volume; therefore, it is called a beheaded or misfit river.
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(2020). Beheaded River Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_149
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