interfluve
English edit
Etymology edit
From interfluvial, “[lying] between streams”.[1]
Noun edit
interfluve (plural interfluves)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
the region of higher land between two connected river valleys
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See also edit
- Mesopotamia (from a feminine substantive form of the adjective μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios, “between rivers”), from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποτᾰμός (potamós, “river”) + -ιος (-ios); see more detailed etymology there)
References edit
- ^ Interfluve in Dictionary.reference.com