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endoreic

endoreic is the alternative spelling of endorheic.

Meaning of endorheic

Adjective

endorheic (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • [I]n some cases channels leading towards the sea may exist in an endorheic region, in which, however, there is so little rain that the entire load in the water-courses is lost through evaporation before it can reach the mouths of the channels. On the other hand all closed lakes of the kind now...1937, Collected Papers: Osborn Zoological Society, Yale University, volume 19, New Haven, Conn.: Osborn Zoological Society, Yale University, →OCLC, page 94
    Synonyms:
    closed, terminal
    Antonyms:
    exorheic

Questions about endoreic

What is endoreic the alternative spelling of?
Endoreic is the alternative spelling of endorheic.

Words near endoreic in the dictionary

  1. endoreduplicated
  2. endoreduplicating
  3. endoreduplication
  4. endoreduplications
  5. endoreduplicative
  6. endoreic
  7. endorelation
  8. endorelations
  9. endorepellin
  10. endoreplicate
  11. endoreplicated

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