“…In many cases the genesis (origin and development) of these bedrock bedforms can be attributed to hydraulic forces that create localized abrasion, rather than any intrinsic properties of the bedrock (Richardson and Carling, 2005;Wilson and Lavé, 2013), jointing can play an important role in pothole initiation and development (Ortega et al, 2014). Processes that have been invoked for pothole genesis include glacial abrasion (Gilbert, 1906), mechanical abrasion by means of grinders (Charpentier, 1841), depressions eroded by subglacial melt water (Ljunger, 1930), and cavitation within eddies (Alexander, 1932;Nemec et al, 1982;Kale and Singade, 1987;Springer et al, 2005Springer et al, , 2006Sengupta and Kale, 2011;Lima and Binda, 2015).…”