interfluve means the region of higher land between two connected river valleys.
Why “interfluve” is a great word
The elevated tract of land lying between two converging rivers. From English interfluvial, meaning '[lying] between streams', by back-formation; first attested in 1902. Unlike a 'watershed,' which is the precise dividing line of a crest, or an 'isthmus,' that slender neck straining to connect two seas, the interfluve is the broad, untroubled back of the continent itself. It is the dry ridge where two farmers might meet without descending, the sunlit plateau where shadows of hawks circle, and the silent, watching upland forest that drinks from no single stream. Here the land refuses allegiance, tilting imperceptibly toward two destinies at once—a geographical modesty, the quiet ground of in-between.
Etymology
From interfluvial, “[lying] between streams”.
noun
- The region of higher land between two connected river valleys.
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