A stream or other body of water, surface or underground, which intermittently contributes its water in small quantities to another larger stream or body of water.
A small stream that joins the main river in a drainage basin. confluence
A stream or river whose water flows into a larger stream or river.
geographical description of a river that empties into another river, lake, or into the sea. Tributaries can form large wetland regions known as deltas and estuaries. In angler’s lexicon, the fishable portion of a tributary is often called the “mouth†of a river.
A contributing stream or river; one that runs into another or into a lake.
A stream feeding into a larger stream, lake, or other water body.
(trib - you - tary) a stream or river that flows into the river
A smaller river or stream that joins a larger one and contributes to its water flow.
A body of water flowing into a larger body of water. For example, the James River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
A stream that feeds into a larger stream or river.
a branch that flows into the main stream
a group of small streams that often begins in the mountains
a river or stream that feeds into a larger body of water
a smaller stream joining the main stream at an acute angle
a small stream that flows into a larger one
a stream which flows into a larger stream or other water body
a smaller stream that flows into a larger one
A lower order-stream compared to a receiving waterbody. "Tributary to" indicates the largest stream into which the reported stream or tributary flows.
A tributary is generally regarded as a surface water drainage system which is interconnected with a river system. Under Colorado law, all surface and groundwater, the withdrawal of which would affect the rate or direction of flow of a surface stream within 100 years, is considered to be tributary to a natural stream.
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a river of creek that flows into a larger river.
A river or stream flowing into a larger stream. In this case it refers to the streams and rivers that eventually flow into the Tennessee River.
A smaller stream which flows into a larger stream.
A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger river.
stream that supplies water to a larger stream.
A tributary is a river or stream that flows into another stream, river, or lake.
A stream feeding a larger stream or lake
A small stream or river which flows into a larger river.
a stream that flows into another stream or a lake; the Detroit River is a tributary to Lake Erie.
Any watercourse that flows into a body of water, including tributaries to a tributary.
a branch of a large river
A river or stream feeding into a larger waterway or lake.
a waterway that flows into a larger stream or river
a stream or small river that flows into a large river
A river or stream flowing into a larger river, stream, or lake.
small, permanent stream emptying into the main stem of the river
Any stream that contributes water to another stream.
One of several data streams being multiplexed into an aggregate data stream.
A stream that feeds into a larger stream. Also called a feeder stream.
A branch of a stream flowing into a larger stream.
A stream that flows into a larger stream.
stream that discharges water into a larger stream.
a river or stream that is a branch or offshoot to a larger downstream river
a stream or river flowing into a larger stream, river, or lake
A small river which flows into the main river.
a stream feeding a larger stream or river.
A steam that contributes its water to another stream or body of water.
a creek, stream, or river that feeds a larger stream or river or lake.
a river that feeds a larger river or bay
A stream or river that flows into another.
A river or creek that flows into a larger river.
Tributaries are the capillaries of river systems. Fish and other species take refuge in these waters. Tributaries are also essential to fish for spawning and for the rearing of young.
a river or stream that joins a larger river or stream
A stream draining into a larger stream.
a stream that flows into, or "feeds," another stream.
A smaller branching stream channel that flows into a main stream channel. Opposite of distributary.
stream that flows into a larger stream or lake.
A surface water drainage such as a stream, creek, bayou or river within the estuary watershed.
a creek, stream or river that flows into a larger river, lake, or estuary.
A tributary (or confluent/affluent) is a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea. In orography, tributaries are ordered from those nearest to the source of the river to those nearest to the mouth of the river. A confluence is where two or more tributaries or rivers flow together.
