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endoreism
endoreism n.
Brit. 
/ˌɛndəˈriːɪz(ə)m/
, /ˌɛndəˈriːɪz(ə)m/U.S. /ˌɛndəˈriˌɪz(ə)m/
(also endoˈrheism) Geography land drainage not reaching the sea; interior drainage. [ < French endorrhéisme , also endoréisme (E. de Martonne 1926, in Compt. Rend. 182 1396) < endo- endo- prefix and comb. form + ancient Greek ῥεῐν to flow (see rheid n.) + French -isme -ism suffix.] /ˌɛndəˈriˌɪz(ə)m/ΚΠ
1927 E. de Martonne in Geogr. Rev. XVII. 397 It is convenient to describe each of these two great regions by a single word: we may term through-flowing, or ocean, drainage ‘exoreism’ (ex-o-rḗ-ism, from the Greek ἐξ, out, and ῥεῐν, to flow), interior basin drainage ‘endoreism’ (en-do-rḗ-ism, from ἐν, in, and ῥεῐν).
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation 404 Endorheism, inland drainage, drainage toward the center of a land mass.
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