tributary
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Scientists are looking at the possibility that an ice-rock avalanche fell into a tributary of Rasuwa district’s Trishuli River, displacing a large amount of water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"We have, from source to mouth, the entire River Test and major tributary areas covered by this monitoring equipment" explains member of the Pan Parish River Pollution Forum and local Lib Dem councillor, Geoff Cooper.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
The 500-million-euro Achelous tributary project is to be completed by 2029.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
Why not alter the course of that human tributary so that it fed southward?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The three principal rivers and their tributaries — the Los Angeles, the San Gabriel and Santa Ana — joined into an inland sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Two days later, the Dikhow and Mitong spilled into surrounding areas as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries swelled rapidly.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Producing rare earths requires heavy chemicals and can produce toxic waste, with cases including illegal operations polluting Mekong tributaries in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia with arsenic and cadmium.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The Army Corps of Engineers has identified silted-up chokepoints throughout the greater delta and its tributaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Eastern U.S. farming became greatly intensified, and densely populated chiefdoms developed along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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