In erosion, the higher the elevation, the farther the stream is from where it will reach base level and the more cutting it has to do.

Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are increases or decreases ):


If Milo is observing a stream at a low elevation and he follows the stream up to a higher elevation, what happens to the amount of cutting the stream has to do when eroding the stream bed beneath it increases or decreases? 

