tributary+stream
11tributary — tributarily, adv. /trib yeuh ter ee/, n., pl. tributaries, adj. n. 1. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water. 2. a person or nation that pays tribute in acknowledgment of subjugation or the like. adj. 3. (of a stream)… …
12tributary — A stream which empties into or feeds another stream, as in the case of the Missouri River and the Mississippi River. In a general sense a stream is tributary to a river when the stream empties into another river which empties into that river.… …
13stream — 01. Volunteers are cleaning garbage out of the [stream] in the hopes of making it clean enough for fish to live in once again. 02. John V. Politis once observed that we come and go just like ripples in a [stream]. 03. Woodrow Wilson once remarked …
14tributary — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. paying tribute to another to acknowledge submission, to obtain protection, or to purchase peace ; subject 2. paid or owed as tribute < tributary gifts > 3. channeling material or supplies into something more… …
15tributary — [[t]trɪ̱bjʊtəri, AM teri[/t]] tributaries N COUNT: oft N n A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger one. ...the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon. ...a small tributary river …
16stream reach — section of a stream between two points. An individual first order stream or a segment of another stream that has beginning and ending points at a stream confluence. Reach end points are normally designated where a tributary confluence changes the …
17stream order — a classification of stream complexity based on the number of tributaries. The smallest unbranched tributary in a watershed is called order 1; a stream formed by the confluence of two order 1 streams is called order 2; a stream formed by the …
18stream — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, X ray, Zeitgeist, abound, abundance, actinic ray, actinism, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appear, arise, ascend,… …
19stream — 1. noun 1) a mountain stream Syn: creek, river, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet; tributary; bourn; brook 2) a stream of boiling water Syn: jet, flow …
20stream — 1. noun 1) a mountain stream Syn: brook, rivulet, tributary; Scottish & N.English burn; N.English beck; S.English bourn; N.Amer. & Austral. / NZ creek 2) a stream of boiling water Syn: jet, flow, rush …
