A tributary, [1] or an affluent, [2] is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake. [3] A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. [4]

2023年10月19日 · A tributary is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water. The larger, or parent, river is called the mainstem.

The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of …

2018年11月30日 · Geographers and potamologists, those who study rivers, define a tributary as a stream or river or that flows to and drains into a larger stream, larger river, called a parent river …

Just as a smaller power gave some of its wealth to a larger power, a small river contributes its waters to a larger one. A tributary can be a tiny stream, but some are immense rivers. The …

2025年1月9日 · Mississippi River, the longest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles, or about one-eighth of the entire …

2022年5月21日 · Tributaries are critical portions of a river, and they have various levels of classification. So, what is a tributary? We’re going to explore this question in-depth, provide …

2014年9月15日 · A tributary is a river or stream that enters a larger body of water, especially a lake or river. The receiving water into which a tributary feeds is called the “mainstem,” and the …

A tributary is a stream or river that flows into and joins a main river. It does not flow directly into the sea. The place where the tributary and the main river meet is…

A tributary of a river is another river that flows into it. If one river flows into a second river, then the first river is a tributary of the second river. A tributary is a body of water that flows into another …