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Entrenched meanders of the Virgin River at the upper end of Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. An entrenched river, or entrenched stream is a river or stream that flows in a narrow trench or valley cut into a plain or relatively level upland. Because of lateral erosion streams flowing over gentle slopes over a time develops meandering ...
Thornbury [32] argues that incised or inclosed meanders are synonyms that are appropriate to describe any meander incised downward into bedrock and defines enclosed or entrenched meanders as a subtype of incised meanders (inclosed meanders) characterized by a symmetrical valley sides. He argues that the symmetrical valley sides are the direct ...
The slip-off slope of an entrenched meander is a gently sloping bedrock surface that rises from the inside, concave bank of an asymmetrically entrenched river. A thin, discontinuous layer of alluvium often covers this gently sloping bedrock surface.
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An entrenched clause or entrenchment clause of a constitution is a provision that makes certain amendments either more difficult or impossible to pass. Overriding an entrenched clause may require a supermajority , a referendum , or the consent of the minority party.
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Entrenchment, Entrenched or Entrench may refer to: A trench; Entrenchment (fortification), a type of fortification; Military trenches with relation to Trench warfare, especially that of World War I; An entrenchment clause within a constitution, a clause impervious to or somewhat shielded from the amendment process.