endoreic

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A form of endorheic — Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.

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adjectiveendoreic (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of endorheic.

    In the floor of the Rift Valley most of the streams are affected by the tectonic disturbances and are mostly fault-guided besides being endoreic.

    1971, Francis F. Ojany, “Drainage Evolution in Kenya”, in S[imeon] H. Ominde, editor, Studies in East African Geography and Development, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 138, column 2
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    During the Pleistocene, the Ajusco closed the fluvial drainage to form the endoreic basin, which initiated sediment accumulation that eventually covered more than half of the valley [...].

    2002, Guadalupe de la Lanza Espino, José Luis García-Calderón, “Historical Summary of the Geology, Climate, Hydrology, Culture, and Natural Resource Utilization in the Basin of Mexico”, in Mark E. Fenn, L. I. de Bauer, Tomás Hernández-Tejeda, editors, Urban Air Pollution and Forests: Resources at Risk in the Mexico City Air Basin (Ecological Studies; 156), New York, N.Y.: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 5
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APA

endoreic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endoreic

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“endoreic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endoreic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endoreic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endoreic.

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