tributary+stream

  • 31stream — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. river, streamlet, rivulet, rill; gush; trickle; creek, brook, runnel, runlet; current, flow, flux, course, flood, tide, race; shower, outpouring, downpouring. v. i. issue; pour out, forth, or down;… …

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  • 32tributary — trib|u|ta|ry [ˈtrıbjutəri US teri] n plural tributaries a stream or river that flows into a larger river …

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  • 33tributary — trib·u·tar·y || trɪbjÉ™tÉ™rɪ / jÊŠtrɪ n. small stream flowing into a larger body of water; one who pays tribute, taxpayer …

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  • 34tributary — [ trɪbjʊt(ə)ri] noun (plural tributaries) 1》 a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake. 2》 historical a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler. Origin ME: from L. tributarius, from tributum (see tribute) …

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  • 35tributary — 1 noun (C) a stream or river that flows into a larger river 2 adjective formal having a duty to pay tribute (3) …

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  • 36tributary — noun the countless tributaries of the mighty Mississippi Syn: headwater, creek, branch, fork, feeder, side stream, side channel, snye …

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  • 37stream — n 1. river, freshet, U.S. Dial. kill, brook, creek, Dial. crick; streamlet, rivulet, rill, run, runnel, runlet; channel, watercourse, waterway, artificial waterway, canal, sluice, wadi, arroyo; branch, tributary, feeder, affluent, confluent;… …

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  • 38tributary — n 1. branch, anabranch, feeder, affluent, confluent; stream, river, freshet, U.S. Dial. kill, gill, brook, Scot, and North Eng. burn, creek, Dial. crick; streamlet, brooklet, rivulet, rill, rillet, run, runnel, runlet. adj 2. contributory,… …

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  • 39Yazoo stream — A yazoo stream is hydrologic term for any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of, a larger river that the stream eventually joins. Where the two meet is known as a belated confluence or deferred junction. This is… …

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  • 40Ostrach (stream) — Coordinates: 48°04′25.2″N 9°19′10″E / 48.073667°N 9.31944°E / 48.073667; 9.31944 …

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