exorheic
English
Etymology
From exo- (“external”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.
Adjective
exorheic (not comparable)
- (of a lake or basin) Externally drained; having one or more outlets.
- Synonym: open
- Antonym: endorheic
- 1998, Brian Moss, Ecology of Fresh Waters: Man and Medium, Past to Future, Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 198:
- Most lakes are exorheic, with some flow-through and no long-term salt accumulation, […]
See also
Endorheic basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Open and closed lakes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia