WHAt Is A TRIBUTARy??????????????????????

Answer 1

A tributary (or confluent/affluent) is a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea. In orography, tributaries are ordered from those nearest to the source of the river to those nearest to the mouth of the river. A confluence is where two or more tributaries or rivers flow together.

The descriptive terms right tributary and left tributary always apply from the perspective of looking downstream (in the direction the current is going), similarly to the river banks.

The opposite of a tributary is a distributary; a river branch that flows away from the main stream. A river and all its tributaries drain the watershed of the river

Answer 2

There are mud puddles, creeks (in Idaho we call the cricks),streams, torrents, and rivers. A tributary is a stream which empties into a river . Geologists often speak of a river system or a system of waterways. This usually includes a river and all of its tributaries, the streams that feed the river.

Answer 3

Something small that feeds into something larger (most often rivers)

So a little creek feeds into the Mississippi - or even a medium river into a larger one (like the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi)

Does that make sense?

Answer 4

It's a branch off a main river.

Answer 5

Part of a river that makes a new path.

Answer 6

a small stream that feeds into a larger river = )