Riss-Würm

noun

ˈriˈs|wərm,

|wu̇(ə)rm,

|vi(ə)rm,

G |vᵫrm

plural -s

: the third interglacial interval during the Pleistocene glaciation of Europe

Word History

Etymology

from the Riss river, a tributary of the Danube in southwestern Germany, and the Würm, a small stream of southern Bavaria, Germany

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