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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Externally drained; having one or more outlets. not-comparable

   "Coordinate term: cryptorheic"

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openopen

Antonyms

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endorheic

Example

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"Most lakes are exorheic, with some flow-through and no long-term salt accumulation, […]"

Etymology

From exo- (“external”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.

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