Interfluve
An interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys.[1][2] More generally, an interfluve is defined as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system.[3]
Formation
These landforms are created by
fluvial erosion. In cases where there is a deposit of younger sedimentary beds (loess, colluvium) the interfluves have a rounder and less rugged appearance. A consequence of interfluve formation is the so-called "interfluvial landscape."[2]
Interfluvial landscapes
- In South Burgenland and in the East Styrian Hills of Austria[4]
- the majority of the Old Driftlandscapes south of the natural region.
- Volga-Ural interfluve
See also
References
- ^ Ernst Neef (ed.): Riedel. In: Derselbe: Das Gesicht der Erde (Taschenbuch der physischen Geographie). Verlag Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt/M, 1970, p. 774.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-423-03422-7.
- ISBN 0-14-051094-X.
- ^ Sicherung und Entwicklung der charakteristischen Riedellandschaft zwischen Dürrer Aurach und Aubach at www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at. Retrieved 1 Jan 2015