river tributary
Smaller joining waterway
A river tributary is a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger river rather than directly into the sea.
The tributary feeds water into the main river, typically joining it at a confluence.
Major rivers may have dozens of tributaries: The Missouri is the longest tributary of the Mississippi.
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- bankPlace holding deposits
- streamSteady continuous flow
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- water flowMovement of liquid mass
feeder stream · habitat · spawning ground · water · valley · basin · hydrology · drainage basin · current · delta · creek · irrigation · swirl · brook · dam · biodiversity · fresh water · reservoir
water flow direction/function
river tributarydistributary
Branch flowing from river
effluent · anabranch · river mouth · estuary
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