cryptorheic

adjective

1. Draining through invisible, subterranean outflows.

   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.

2. Pertaining to an unspecified or unidentified discharge or secretion.

   obsolete

Where it comes from

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry cryptorheic (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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