Causes
Rejuvenation may result from causes which are dynamic, eustatic or isostatic in nature. All of these cause the river suddenly to erode its bed vertically (downcutting) faster as it gains gravitational potential energy. That causes effects such as meanders cut down as gorges, steps where the river suddenly starts flowing faster, and fluvial terraces derived from old floodplains.
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