tributary
Example Sentences
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He then founded the Tisza party, named after a tributary of the Danube.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Toxins entered a tributary feeding the Kafue, Zambia's longest river and a major source of drinking water.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
An above-ground storage tank operated by Carbon California spilled the oil into a remote tributary of Sisar Creek near Ojai, contaminating about three-quarters of a mile of the waterway, according to state wildlife officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
He also trained as a carpenter and, along with some friends, built his family home on a plot of land along Fish Creek, a tributary of the Snake River, in the shadow of the Tetons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Why not alter the course of that human tributary so that it fed southward?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing tributary
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Africa - Introductory
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