endorheic

== English == === Etymology === From English endo- (prefix meaning ‘internal, inside, within’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈɹiːɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛndoʊˈɹiɪk/, /ˌɛndə-/, /-ˈreɪɪk/ Hyphenation: en‧do‧rhe‧ic === Adjective === endorheic (not comparable) (hydrology) 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. Synonyms: closed, terminal Antonym: exorheic 1984 J. Murça Pires "The Amazonian forest" p. 583 in "THE AMAZON Limnology and landscape ecology" Ed. H. SIOLI ISBN-13:978-94-009-6544-7 In extreme conditions of dryness, desert arises which does not properly exist in Brazil since, according to most geomorphologists, desertification only occurs under endorrhoeic conditions, that is, with the salinization of river basins. ==== Alternative forms ==== endoreic endorreic endorrheic endorrhoeic ==== Coordinate terms ==== cryptorheic ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === endorheic basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia open and closed lakes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === coinhered