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Both streams are flowing in entrenched meandering valleys and both have 

 developed flood plains in places. The physiography of the immediate 

 section is shown on the accompanying map (fig. 2). The chief interest 

 in this case is that the'capture is in actual process of taking place. 



The distance between the two streams at the nearest point is about 

 150 feet. The divide is occupied by the valley pike which extends from 



Fig. 2. Topographic Map of Mt. Ckawford and Vicinity, Rockingham 

 County, Virginia, Showing Relations op North River and its Tributary, 

 Cook's Creek. 



Scale 2.667 inches = 1 mile. 



Contour intervals 10 and 20 feet. 



Winchester to Staunton. It is composed of more or less massive beds 

 of limestone which dip about 10 degrees southeast, and are jointed but 

 not brecciated. Cook's Creek is flowing at an elevation of 14 feet above 

 the main stream, North River. A part of the water from Cook's Creek 



