tributary
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The park leads on to the Grand Union Canal Walk and is bordered by the River Brent, a tributary of the River Thames.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
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
Cleanup teams are skimming and pumping oil from the tributary and deploying absorbent booms and pads to recover oil trapped along the creek bed.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
He made a brief excursion up the Bill Williams River, a tributary of the Colorado, then continued downstream through the Colorado River Indian Reservation, the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing tributary
Physical Geography - Introductory
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