interfluve

English

Etymology

From interfluvial, “[lying] between streams”.

Noun

interfluve (plural interfluves)

1. (geology) The region of higher land between two connected river valleys.

Related terms

• interfluvial

Translations

the region of higher land between two connected river valleys

• Belarusian: міжрэ́чча n (mižréčča)
• Czech: meziříčí n
• French: interfluve (fr) m
• German: Zwischenstromland n
• Hungarian: folyóköz, (if the names of the bordering rivers make the context clear) köz (hu)
• Polish: międzyrzecze (pl) n
• Romanian: interfluviu (ro) n
• Russian: междуре́чье (ru) n (mežduréčʹje)
• Slovak: medziriečie n
• Spanish: interfluvio m
• Ukrainian: межирі́ччя n (mežyríččja), міжрі́ччя n (mižríččja)

See also

• 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)