interfluvialadj.
/ɪntəˈfluːvɪəl/ Situated between (the valleys of) adjacent watercourses.
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interamnian1774
interfluvial1830
Mesopotamic1895
1830 New Monthly Mag. 30 6/2 Returning from Bagdad across the interfluvial country, he took up his quarters at Hillah.
1903 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 14 Feb. 22679/1 A deposit of the flooded rivers during a stage of abundant ice melting, with considerable redistribution over the interfluvial upland areas by winds.
1933 Antiquity 7 27 Beech Bottom and the Verulamium Devil's Dyke were relics of a transverse limes covering the whole tract of interfluvial country.
1971 B. W. Sparks Rocks & Relief v. 204 The interfluvial areas are finally reduced to little hillocks known as hums.
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