allochthonous
allochthonous (ancient Greek ἄλλος állos 'different', 'different', and χθών chthṓn 'earth': 'foreign', 'outside') refers to:
- Allochthonous (ethnology) , persons and communities with a non-resident social origin or descent
- Allochtonic species , alien organisms introduced by humans
- Stranger river , allochthonous river , rises in rainy areas and supplies dry areas with untypical amounts of water
- Allochthon (geology) , rock that has been moved away from the place of education into foreign surroundings by transport processes (also as a noun)
See also:
- Autochthonous (disambiguation of the opposite)
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