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exorheic

exorheic adjective: externally drained; having one or more outlets.

Adjective

exorheic (not comparable)

  1. Externally drained; having one or more outlets.
    • Coordinate term: cryptorheic
    • Most lakes are exorheic, with some flow-through and no long-term salt accumulation, […]1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 198
    Synonyms:
    open
    Antonyms:
    endorheic

Synonyms of exorheic

Antonyms

Origin of exorheic

From exo- (“external”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.

Questions about exorheic

What does exorheic mean?
Exorheic means externally drained; having one or more outlets.
What part of speech is exorheic?
Exorheic is an adjective.

Words near exorheic in the dictionary

  1. exordium
  2. exordiums
  3. exords
  4. exoreic
  5. exoresistant
  6. exorheic
  7. exorheism
  8. exorhiza
  9. exorhizal
  10. exorhizas
  11. exorhizous

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