# Interfluve

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{{short description|Area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system}}
[[File:Oststeirisches Huegelland.JPG|thumb|The [East Styrian Hills](/source/East_Styrian_Hills) south of [Herberstein](/source/Schloss_Herberstein)]]
An '''interfluve''' is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or [ridge](/source/ridge)-like landform between two [valley](/source/valley)s.<ref>[Ernst Neef](/source/Ernst_Neef) (ed.): ''Riedel''. In: Derselbe: ''Das Gesicht der Erde'' (Taschenbuch der physischen Geographie). [Verlag Harri Deutsch](/source/Verlag_Harri_Deutsch), Frankfurt/M, 1970, p. 774.</ref><ref name=Leser>Leser, Hartmut, ed. (2005). ''Wörterbuch Allgemeine Geographie'', 13th ed., dtv, Munich, p. 766, {{ISBN|978-3-423-03422-7}}.</ref> More generally, an interfluve is defined as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same [drainage system](/source/Drainage_system_(geomorphology)).<ref>Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 275. {{ISBN|0-14-051094-X}}.

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== Formation ==
These landforms are created by [earth flow](/source/earth_flow) ("[solifluction](/source/solifluction)"). They can also be former [river terrace](/source/river_terrace)s that are subsequently bisected by [fluvial erosion](/source/fluvial_erosion). In cases where there is a deposit of younger sedimentary beds ([loess](/source/loess), [colluvium](/source/colluvium)) the interfluves have a rounder and less rugged appearance. A consequence of interfluve formation is the so-called "interfluvial landscape."<ref name=Leser/>

==Interfluvial landscapes == 
* In South [Burgenland](/source/Burgenland) and in the [East Styrian Hills](/source/East_Styrian_Hills) of Austria<ref>[http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/cps/rde/xchg/ooe/hs.xsl/71945_DEU_HTML.htm ''Sicherung und Entwicklung der charakteristischen Riedellandschaft zwischen Dürrer Aurach und Aubach''] at www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at. Retrieved 1 Jan 2015</ref>
* the majority of the [natural region](/source/Natural_regions_of_Germany) of the [Iller-Lech Plateau](/source/Iller-Lech_Plateau) in [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria)n [Swabia](/source/Swabia_(Bavaria)) and [Upper Swabia](/source/Upper_Swabia) ([Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)) with the exception of the major river valleys of the [Danube](/source/Danube), [Iller](/source/Iller) and [Lech](/source/Lech_(river)), the [Donauried](/source/Donauried) and the [Federseeried](/source/Federsee) as well as the [Old Drift](/source/Old_Drift) landscapes south of the natural region.
*[Volga-Ural interfluve](/source/Volga-Ural_interfluve)

==See also==
*[Doab](/source/Doab)
*[Interamnia (disambiguation)](/source/Interamnia_(disambiguation))

== References ==
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Category:Landforms

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