endorheic

Jan. 30th, 2015 08:13 am
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endorheic (en-duh-REE-ik) - adj., (of a lake or basin) internally draining, having no outlet.


Such a basin is also called closed. Here in the intermountain West of the US, there are many endorheic basins, including the Great Basin itself covering most of Nevada and parts of neighboring states. In the southwest, many form not lakes but flats called playas, because desert = drying out. Adopted around 1920 from French, coined from Greek roots endo-, internal + rheos, flow.

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