tributary

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Anglers fear "hundreds" of young salmon may have been killed in a pollution incident on a tributary of the Derg River in County Tyrone.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Last month a number of salmon died when white paint was spilled into the Burn of Carron, another tributary of the River Spey.

From BBC • May 3, 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

In August, Chinese mine officials, accompanied by Zambian government officials, went door-to-door in the village of Sabina, near a tributary of the Kafue River, residents recalled in interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

“Dunno. Maybe he’s the god of a little tributary, like Old Father Thames is the god of the main river, perhaps. That would make sense. George Boatwright said he’d seen Old Father Thames.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman