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Geographic cycle
Theory developed by William Morris Davis that models the formation of river-eroded landscapes. This theory suggests that landscapes go through three stages of development (youth, maturity, and old age) and argues that the rejuvenation of landscapes arises from tectonic uplift of the land.
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