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Meaning of "distributary"
distributary: (adjective) - Describing a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and distributes water into smaller channels or bodies of water. Example: The distributary delta formed by the river provided fertile land for agriculture
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- That distributes.
- A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.
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As distributary streams and channels that drain the.
Open circuit or break of distributary valve.
It is a distributary of the Irrawaddy.
In Louisiana is now a major distributary.
Duty at distributary head.
Distributary A tongue of glacier ice that flows away from the main trunk of the glacier.
The opposite of a distributary is a tributary.
The city is connected to the Mittellandkanal and the Elbe Lateral Canal by a distributary.
The delta is dissected by numerous distributary channels with natural levees that separate extensive swamps.
Bridges are numbered downstream, with initials to determine which distributary they cross.
Delineation of distributary area and constitution of Distributary Committee.
The Nihonbashi River is a distributary of the Kanda.
It is a distributary of the Gera in Erfurt.
The Akhtuba River is a major distributary of the Volga.
It is a distributary of Torne River.
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When these channel-switching events occur, a mature delta develops a distributary network.
The island is formed from a distributary of the River Shannon.
A distributary of the Danube, northeast of the settlement, had been transformed into a harbour.
One such defunct distributary is Wadi Tumilat.
The city is connected to the Mittellandkanal and the Elbe-Seitenkanal by a distributary.
Oude Maas is a former distributary of Meuse River.
Malaya Neva ( Russian, Ма ́ лая Нева ́ ) is the second largest distributary of the Neva River.
The Chinde River is a distributary of the Zambezi river delta in Mozambique.
Just before entering Cuttack, it gives off a large distributary called the Kathjori.
Its Distributary are.
The Oude Maas is another distributary of the Rhine.
The river is a distributary of the Red River, draining into the Gulf of Tonkin.
In prehistoric times, it was a distributary of the Nile.
The name for the largest distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh is the Padma River.
Below the Teesta, the Brahmaputra splits into two distributary branches.
This Pearl River is the widest distributary within the delta, although notably short.
Below the Tista, the Brahmaputra splits into two distributary branches.
After joining the Jamuna, a distributary of Brahmaputra, both rivers form the Ganges Delta.
The Marsdiep was once a river ( fluvium Maresdeop ) which may have been a distributary of the Vlie.
What is a distributary channel?
Silt-selective distributary head.
Once a wave - or river-dominated distributary silts up, it is abandoned, and a new channel forms elsewhere.
The Nederrijn is, itself, a distributary branch of river Rhine.
Here it splits into three distributary streams, the Waal, Neder-Rijn and Ijssel.
Course = = The Meghna is a distributary of the Brahmaputra.
The Tha Chin river (,, ) is a distributary of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand.
