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Trans-Himalayan rivers cut through the surrounding mountain landscape.
Trans-Himalayan rivers cut through the surrounding mountain landscape. Dramatic inner gorges correspond to where the river incision rates are the highest across the Himalaya.
Credit: Arjun Heimsath, Dartmouth College
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