What is "interfluve"

n. (context geology English) The region of higher land between two connected river valleys

An interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys. Whittow, more generally, defines an interfluve as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system.Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 275. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.