Associations to the word «Distributary»

Wiktionary

DISTRIBUTARY, noun. (hydrology) A branch of a river delta; a channel that distributes a river's waters into the sea, as with the Atchafalaya River of the Mississippi.

Dictionary definition

DISTRIBUTARY, noun. A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it.

Wise words

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