释义 |
interfluvial, a.|ɪntəˈfluːvɪəl| [f. inter- 4 a + fluvial a.] Situated between (the valleys of) adjacent watercourses.
1830New Monthly Mag. iii. Hist. Reg. Jan. 6/2 Returning from Bagdad across the interfluvial country, he took up his quarters at Hillah. 1903Sci. Amer. Suppl. 14 Feb. 22679/1 A deposit of the flooded rivers during a stage of abundant ice melting, with considerable redistribution over the interfluvial upland areas by winds. 1933Antiquity VII. 27 Beech Bottom and the Verulamium Devil's Dyke were relics of a transverse limes covering the whole tract of interfluvial country. 1971[see hum n.4]. |