| 单词 |
interfluve |
| 释义 |
interfluve|ˈɪntəfluːv|
[Back-formation from next.]
A region lying between (the valleys of) adjacent watercourses, esp. one between the valleys of a dissected upland.
1902in Webster Suppl. 1913Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXIV. 206 In an early stage of the new cycle the fault⁓line scarp will be highest near the incised valleys of transverse streams, and it may remain for a time undeveloped on the interfluves. 1937Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXIX. 356 A cross-section of a typical portion of deltaic country from river to interfluve. 1956D. L. Linton Sheffield 29 Here are some eighty or more square miles where dips are gentle and the grits build broad tabular interfluves swathed in peat and separating deep valleys with benched sides. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 559 Interfluve... Many geomorphologists today use the term for the interstream area to imply a discrete landscape or geomorphic unit, composed of uni- or polycyclic slope facets. Interfluve almost always appears in a phrase explicitly or implicitly denoting its dissection. |
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