fluve

fluve
   (refer to drainageway)
   A roughly linear or elongated depression (topographic low) of any size, along which water flows, at some time.
   Compare: interfluve.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • fluve — effluve interfluve …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • in|ter|fluve — «IHN tuhr floov», noun. the land that separates two adjacent river valleys. ╂[< inter + Latin fluvius river] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviales — ˌflüvēˈā(ˌ)lēz Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, masculine & feminine plural of fluvialis synonym of naiadales …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviatic — |flüvē|ad.ik adjective Etymology: Latin fluviaticus, from fluvius river + aticus (as in aquaticus aquatic) : fluviatile …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviation — ˌflüvēˈāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin fluvi + English ation : the action of streams …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluvio-aeolian — |flüvē(ˌ)ō+ adjective Etymology: fluvi + aeolian : produced or caused by action of streams and wind fluvio aeolian geologic formations …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviograph — ˈflüvēəˌgraf, rȧf noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fluvi + graph : an instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviolacustrine — |flüvē(ˌ)ō+ adjective Etymology: fluvi + lacustrine : of or relating to sedimentation partly in lake and partly in stream waters or to deposits laid down under alternating or overlapping lacustrine and fluviatile conditions …   Useful english dictionary

  • fluviology — ˌflüvēˈäləjē noun ( es) Etymology: fluvi + logy : a science dealing with watercourses …   Useful english dictionary

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