Figure 16.21
GEO-GRAPHIC: Formation of stream terraces. (A) Stream terraces form as a region is uplifted and a stream cuts into the sediments that have been deposited on a floodplain. (B) Cave Stream, in the Canterbury region of South Island, New Zealand, has cut into floodplain sediments, forming two terraces.(B. © G.R. “Dick” Roberts/Natural Sciences Image Library)