Interfluve

Interfluve

Interfluve

Area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system


An interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys.[1][2] More generally, an interfluve is defined as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system.[3]

The East Styrian Hills south of Herberstein

Formation

These landforms are created by earth flow ("solifluction"). They can also be former river terraces that are subsequently bisected by fluvial erosion. In cases where there is a deposit of younger sedimentary beds (loess, colluvium) the interfluves have a rounder and less rugged appearance. A consequence of interfluve formation is the so-called "interfluvial landscape."[2]

Interfluvial landscapes

See also


References

  1. Ernst Neef (ed.): Riedel. In: Derselbe: Das Gesicht der Erde (Taschenbuch der physischen Geographie). Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt/M, 1970, p. 774.
  2. Leser, Hartmut, ed. (2005). Wörterbuch Allgemeine Geographie, 13th ed., dtv, Munich, p. 766, ISBN 978-3-423-03422-7.
  3. Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 275. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.

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