endorheic

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɛn.doʊˈɹi.ɪk/

Adjective

endorheic (not comparable)

1. (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
   • 1937, Collected Papers - Osborn Zoological Society, Volume 19, Yale University, page 94,

     On the other hand all closed lakes of the kind now being considered must lie in endorheic regions.

   • 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN 978-0-632-03512-0, page 198,

     The catchment-derived water-supply, in evaporating, leaves salts and the basin becomes an endorheic (internally drained) salt lake.

   • 2012, Yeqiao Wang, ed., Remote Sensing of Protected Lands, CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-4398-4187-7, page 318,

     Tibetan lakes in the endorheic basins are dynamic and sensitive to climate change.

Synonyms

• (internally drained) terminal, closed

Antonyms

• (internally drained) exorheic

Translations

• French: endoréique
• Italian: endoreico

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