interfluvenoun [ C ]
/ˈɪn.tə.fluːv//ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.fluːv/specializeda higher area between the valleys of streams or rivers:
Interfluves are areas of high terrain located between valleys.
In the Danube-Tisza interfluve, lakes are threatened by environmental problems.
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- Wide, shallow valleys are separated by interfluves.
- Cultivation in the interfluves has increased.
- The area has well-drained interfluves.
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Geography: areas of land in general
- area
- circuit
- country
- curtilage
- dry land
- enclosure
- fiefdom
- interior
- lot
- orography
- parcel
- patch
- plot
- pocket handkerchief
- polder
- poramboke
- region
- sweep
- territory
- tract
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