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interfluve

[′in·tər‚flüv]
(geology)
The area of land between two rivers, usually an upland or ridge between two adjacent valleys that contain streams flowing in approximately the same direction.
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The main territory for this culture was the Volga--Oka interfluve area in central Russia.
Ishim Formation serves as a regional stratotype of the southwestern part of the West Siberian Plain (Tobol-Ishim interfluve), which recorded the sedimentation conditions close to Miocene-Pliocene boundary.
Along the Makekal, most males will try to find a potential wife who lives along the upstream or downstream portions of the river, or along one of its neighboring interfluves: the Air Hitam River to the south or the Kajasung River to the east.
Comparative analysis of alas meadow soils of alases Lena-Amga and Lena-Vilyuy River interfluves showed that the most optimal conditions for earthworms functioning develop in meadow soils of alases of Tiung and Tiukyan rivers' interflude.
It is characterized by low degree of inclination of the interfluves (1- 5[degrees]), the smoothness and their size imposing current morphology as a result of long evolution (from Cambrian).
Restoring the original surface of the catchments is based on correlation and interpolation of current altitude values existing on relatively flat surfaces of interfluves, as remnants of previous drainage areas.
Within LSU 3, the EC, patterns correspond to drainage zones and interfluves, with the interfluves featuring relatively strong [EC.sub.a] pattern responses (sites 1, 2, and 3 in Fig.
Undoubtedly sources of groundwater that contribute to ditch flow are not so much controlled by the subtle interfluves defining surface catchments as they are by water table depth, subsurface features (e.g., aquitards), and drainage ditch properties (e.g., depth).

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