- TRIBUTARY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
A tributary can be a tiny stream, but some are immense rivers The Missouri River, for example, could be called a tributary to the Mississippi, even though it's about 2,500 miles long and receives hundreds of tributaries itself
- Tributary - Wikipedia
A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream Distributaries are most often found in river deltas
- TRIBUTARY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ˈtrɪb·jəˌter·i Add to word list a river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake: The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River (Definition of tributary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Tributary - National Geographic Society
A tributary is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water The larger, or parent, river is called the mainstem
- TRIBUTARY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Tributary definition: a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water See examples of TRIBUTARY used in a sentence
- tributary noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of tributary noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- TRIBUTARY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Definition of 'tributary' tributary (trɪbjʊtəri , US -teri ) Word forms: tributaries
- Tributary - definition of tributary by The Free Dictionary
1 Making additions or yielding supplies; contributory 2 Paid in tribute 3 Paying tribute: a tributary colony
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