distributary
1Distributary — Dis*trib u*ta*ry, a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive. [1913 Webster] …
2distributary — [di strib′yo͞o ter΄ē] n. pl. distributaries [< DISTRIBUTE, by analogy with TRIBUTARY] any branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it …
3Distributary — A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. They are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a… …
4distributary — [ streams ] a) A divergent stream flowing away from the main stream and not returning to it, as in a delta or on a flood plain. It may be produced by stream deposition choking the original channel. b) One of the channels of a braided… …
5distributary — noun (plural taries) Date: 1863 a river branch flowing away from the main stream …
6distributary — 1) a diverging stream which does not return to the main stream but into another water body 2) a channel taking water from a canal for irrigation …
7distributary — /di strib yoo ter ee/, n., pl. distributaries. an outflowing branch of a stream or river, typically found in a delta (opposed to tributary). [1535 45; DISTRIBUTE + ARY] * * * …
8distributary — noun A branch of a river delta; a channel that distributes a rivers waters into the sea, as with the Atchafalaya River of the Mississippi. Ant: tributary …
9distributary — a stream which splits away from the main channel and never rejoins it. Common across deltas as they are so close to the sea that the channel has no space to find its way back. When a channel does rejoin the main stream, it is braided …
10distributary — dis·trib·u·tar·y || dɪ strɪbjÊŠtÉ™rɪ n. side stream of a river that leads water away from the main one …