A reasonable deduction would be that under karst (cryptorheic) conditions no surface streams would exist and that we should not look for a "drowned" surface drainage pattern.
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Cryptorheic
Synonyms for "cryptorheic"
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Sonoran — extends from Río Sonoyta to the Río Yaqui and intervening small basins, most of them cryptorheic, through desert and semi-desert areas, west of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
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One of these is the cryptorheic basin (hidden river) in the Yucatan State, north of Quintana Roo.
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