Interfluves, ridges, escarpments, cuestas, mesas and tablelands: the higher ground and its bounding edges left standing between drainage systems by differential erosion, following the interfluve and cuesta landform classes of standard geomorphology. Includes the interfluve landform itself and named ridges and escarpments (Drakensberg), asymmetric cuesta ridges, and flat-topped mesas and tablelands bounded by steep escarpments. Belongs here: any elevated, elongated landform standing between two drainage basins or valleys, or its steep bounding edge. Does not belong here: an isolated standing rock pillar (Hoodoos and Rock Pillars), or a mountain range built by tectonic uplift rather than left standing by fluvial erosion (Structural and Tectonic Formations).
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Formation OriginAn interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys. 1 All Interfluves and Ridges
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An interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys.
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