Exorheic flow

As exorheischer flow ( Greek  ἔξω exo , outside '; ῥεῖν rhein , flow') is a flow Denoted by itself or as part of a flow system as surface water flows into the sea.

Apply as examples

• for the confluence with the North Sea : the Rhine , the Werra , the Elbe , the Weser and the Ems
• the Danube should be mentioned for the confluence with the Black Sea .

A river with no surface discharge into the sea is called an endorheic river . It can also drain into the sea as seepage water , but in limnology only surface water runoff counts as exorheic.

See also

• Diarheic river
• Arheisch

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthias Schaefer: Dictionary of Ecology. 5th revised and expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8274-2561-4 , p. 86, ( full text in the Google book search)