Degree one branched cover is a homeomorphism

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Suppose that $f:X \to Y$ is a branched cover of Riemann surfaces and a covering map of degree one outside of the ramification points. Then is $f$ a homeomorphism?

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Yes $f$ is an homeomorphism since the the cardinal of the fibre of a branched point is inferior to the degree. I assume of course that the surfaces are closed.