endorheic
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From endo- (“internal”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rheō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
endorheic (not comparable)
- (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
- 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-0-632-03512-0, page 198,
- The catchment-derived water-supply, in evaporating, leaves salts and the basin becomes an endorheic (internally drained) salt lake.
- 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-0-632-03512-0, page 198,
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[edit] Antonyms
- (internally drained): exorheic
[edit] See also
Endorheic basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Endorheic basin- Open and closed lakes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Open and closed lakes
