Definitions
Etymologies
- Back-formation from interfluvial. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The environment is heterogeneous with undulating terrain and numerous smaller rivers that dissect the interfluve.”
“The Madeira-Tapajós interfluve has a high primate diversity.”
“The tiny titi monkey (Callicebus moloch) also occurs here, and the gray-necked night monkey (Aotus infulatus) and spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) are endemic to this and the interfluve to the east.”
“The eastern flank covers the interfluve between the Japurá (Caquetá) and Solimões (Amazon) Rivers in Brazil.”
“The region includes the large interfluve between the Madeira and Tapajós Rivers, both major tributaries to the mighty Amazon, and extends southward into the headwaters of the Tapajós to the Rio Guaporé Basin.”
“La Paya National Park in Colombia is situated on the interfluve between the Caquetá and Putumayo Rivers, but its forests and species are under threat from colonization, plantation agriculture, and hunting in and around the reserve.”
“The Purus-Madeira moist forest ecoregion lies in the center of the Brazilian Amazon, south of the Amazon River on the interfluve between the Purus and Madeira Rivers.”
“The environment is heterogeneous with an undulating terrain and numerous smaller rivers that dissect the interfluve.”
“The gray-necked night monkey (Aotus infulatus) and spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) are endemic to this region and the interfluve to the west.”
“It spans the interfluve between the Xingu and Lower Tocantins Rivers.”
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