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Hadadezer
Hadadezer , in the Bible, king of Zobah, who led a Syrian coalition against David. The allies were eventually defeated and became tributaries. An alternate form is Hadarezer. ... Read more
Kama
Kama , river, c.1,260 mi (2,030 km) long, E European Russia, the chief left tributary of the Volga. It rises in the foothills of the central Urals and flows N, then E, and then SW past Perm, Sarapul, and Chistopol to join the Volga below Kazan. The Vyatka is its principal tributary. The Kama is an i... Read more
Rhondda
Rhondda , city (1991 pop. 70,980), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales, on tributaries of the Taff River. Coal mining, once the chief occupation, has disappeared. Light manufacturing and quarrying are the main industries. A mining heritage museum is at Treharris. ... Read more
Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa , town (1991 pop. 42,953), Warwickshire, central England, on the Leam River, a tributary of the Avon. The town, with its mineral springs, is primarily a health resort largely of 19th-century growth. ... Read more
Wabash
Wabash river, c.475 mi (765 km) long, rising in Grand Lake, W Ohio, and flowing NW into Ind., then generally SW through Ind., becoming the Ind.-Ill. border before emptying into the Ohio River; largest northern tributary of the Ohio. The Wabash's major tributaries are the Tippecanoe and White rivers... Read more
Susquehanna
Susquehanna , river, 444 mi (715 km) long, rising in Otsego Lake, at Cooperstown, N.Y., and zigzagging SE and SW through E central Pa. to Chesapeake Bay near Havre de Grace, Md. The bay is the drowned lower course of the river. The West Branch (c.160 mi/260 km long), which rises in the Allegheny Mts... Read more
Min
Min . 1 Chief river of Fujian prov., SE China, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in Wuyi shan and flowing SE to the South China Sea near Fuzhou; it receives several tributaries near Nanping. Fuzhou, a transshipment point, has a deepwater anchorage for oceangoing vessels. 2 River, W Sichuan prov., c... Read more
Murray
Murray principal river of Australia, 1,609 mi (2,589 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, and flowing westward to form the New South Wales-Victoria boundary. It then flows southwest across South Australia state through Lake Alexandrina, a lagoon, into the Indian Ocean. It re... Read more
Lake Nyasa
Lake Nyasa , or Lake Malawi , Port. Niassa, c.11,600 sq mi (30,040 sq km), c.360 mi (580 km) long and from 15 to 50 mi (24-80 km) wide, E central Africa, in the Great Rift Valley . Lake Nyasa, the third largest lake in Africa, is bordered by Tanzania in the north and northeast, by Mozambique i... Read more
Antwerp
Antwerp , Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, province (1991 pop. 1,605,167), 1,104 sq mi (2,859 sq km), N Belgium, bordering on the Netherlands in the north. Antwerp (the provincial capital) and Mechelen are the chief cities. The province is largely a flat, cultivated plain, drained by the Scheldt R... Read more

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River
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...areas made up of small tributaries, such as springs...pass over fine soil. Tributary: A stream or other...all of its converging tributaries. As rivers make the...the water from its tributaries at sharp angles, combining...its mouth with every tributary. Along its path...
Laos
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...borders. The Mekong's tributaries in the north include the...River. In the south the main tributaries are the Kading, Bangfai...n Rivers. Another large tributary, the Kong, flows south...plains of the Mekong and its tributaries. Laos has several areas...
Congo (ROC)
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...and Ubangi Rivers and their tributaries. Coastal Features The coastal...Lualaba River) and its tributary, the Luava River, both...The Congo River and its tributaries historically have provided...Ubangi (Oubangui) are all tributaries of the Congo River. Located...
Bhutan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...river systems. The Tongsa River and its tributaries, the Bumtang and Drangme Rivers (river...Sankosh (or Puna Tsang) River and its tributaries, the Mo Chhu and Pho Chhu. These two...major system, the Wong Chhu and its tributaries. These flow through west-central...
Sociology, African
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...epistemic shift. The concept of “ tributary modes of production, ” originally...Lake region. The idea of “ tributary modes of production ” was meant...What Mafeje produced was a concept of tributary relations that transcended several d
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...southeastern Turkey. It picks up major tributaries, the Zab rivers, downstream from Mosul...empties into the Gulf. With its short tributaries flowing directly from the mountains...c.e.), canals have connected tributaries to the Tigris-Euphrates confluence...
Araweté
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...x2032; 15" W), a small blackwater tributary of the Xingu, in the state of Par...of the Rio Bacaj á , a large tributary of the middle Xingu. The arrival of...Xikrin pushed them to the small Xingu tributaries that flow westward from the Bacaj...
Mayoruna
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...350, are between the Javari and its tributary, the R í o Galvez. In 1978...have retreated to the headwaters of tributaries on the Peruvian side. The account of...explore the vicinity of the Bio Pardo, a tributary of the Curu ç á in Brazil...
Lake Chad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...basin. The Chari River is the chief tributary of Lake Chad, which has no outlets...the monsoons that feed that lake's tributaries and a greatly increased use of water from the tributaries for irrigation. Lake Chad was formerly...
Ottoman Empire
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Transylvania, Walachia, Moldavia, and the Crimea were tributary principalities, while in North Africa, Tripoli, Tunis...to the Crimea, reducing the khan to the status of Ottoman tributary, and capturing the Genoese city of Caffa. An attempt to...

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tributary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xB7;ies ) 1. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake: the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi. 2. hist. a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler: tributaries of the Chinese empire.
Klondike Rush
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...brothers-in-law on Bonanza Creek of the Klondike River, a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada's Yukon Territory. News of...and the Chilcoot and White passes and then down the upper tributaries of the Yukon. On 14 July 1897 the steamer Excelsior arrived...
Missouri River
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the central and northwest central United States, is a major tributary of the Mississippi River and the longest river in the United...1970s there were seven dams on the Missouri and eighty on its tributaries. The Missouri Basin Interagency Committee, with representatives...
Missouri River Fur Trade
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...demonstrated its usefulness in this regard. The river and its tributaries constituted one of the three great river systems of importance...outfitted and started from this point, and, by 1843, its tributary reached 150 fur trading posts, a great majority of which...
drainage pattern
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...trellis pattern consists of subparallel streams, usually aligned along the geologic strike , and joined at right angles by tributaries. A rectangular pattern is dominated by right-angled bends, and reflects control by joints or faults . A centripetal pattern...
Kuśinagara
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...li, Kusinārā). The capital of the Malla state at the time of the Buddha , located on one of the tributaries of the river Gogrā. It was here that the Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa under a pair of...
Punjab
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Punjab a region of NW India and Pakistan, a wide, fertile plain traversed by the Indus and the five tributaries which gave the region its name (from Hindi panj ‘five’ + āb ‘waters’).
yellow
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Jews to wear. Yellowstone National Park a national park in NW Wyoming and Montana. Named after the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri which runs through it, the park was established in 1872 and was the first national park in the US. It is...
Blood River, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...River, Battle of (16 December 1838) A battle fought between Voortrekkers (Afrikaners) and ZULUS , led by DINGAAN , near a tributary of the Buffalo River. The river became known as Blood River after its waters were reddened with the blood of some 3000 Zulus...
portal hypertension
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing ...of the spleen and ascites. The commonest cause is cirrhosis. Treatment is by diuretic drugs, by surgery (see portacaval anastomosis ), or by implanting a stent within the liver to join portal tract veins to a hepatic vein tributary.

Thesaurus entries related to "Tributary"

tributary
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus tributary • noun  the countless tributaries of the mighty Mississippi synonyms : headwater, creek, branch, fork, feeder, side stream, side channel, snye.
creek
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun  marsh marigolds grow along the creek synonyms : stream, river, brook, rivulet, freshet, runnel, rill, tributary, watercourse, bourn; informal crick. phrase: up a/the creek  when I saw the condition of the spare tire...
branch
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 1. the branches of a tree synonyms : bough, limb, arm, offshoot.   2. a branch of the river synonyms : tributary, feeder, side stream, fork, side channel, influent.   3. the judicial branch of government synonyms : division...
stream
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; noun   1. a mountain stream synonyms : creek, river, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet; tributary; bourn; brook.   2. a stream of boiling water synonyms : jet, flow, rush, gush, surge, torrent, flood...
dominion
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sway, rule, government, jurisdiction, sovereignty, suzerainty. See note at jurisdiction.   2. a British dominion synonyms : dependency, colony, protectorate, territory, province, possession; historical tributary.
river
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus river • noun   1. the old factories along the river synonyms : watercourse, waterway, tributary, stream, rivulet, brook, inlet, rill, runnel, freshet; bourn; creek.   2. a river of molten lava synonyms...
satellite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English satellite • adjective  a satellite state synonyms : dependent, tributary, subordinate, puppet, vassal.

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Tributary streams create spatial discontinuities in habitat, biological productivity, and diversity in mainstem rivers.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...ecosystems are made up of numerous tributary streams forming a complex...The point where smaller tributaries flow into larger rivers, or tributary junctions, may be sites...rivers at or downstream of tributary junctions. We conducted...
Tributary Systems, Inc. Acquires Gresham's Storage Director Product.
Newspaper article from: Computer Weekly News; 11/19/2009; 700+ words ; Tributary Systems, Inc., a global leader in...systems. Prior to the acquisition, Tributary Systems used the Storage Director core...product has been a commercial success for Tributary Systems since its introduction to the...
'Tributary issue' could force a seven-state showdown
Newspaper article from: High Country News; 9/19/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...part, the Lower Basin tributaries are counted as separate...just as Upper Basin tributaries such as the Gunnison...already using more tributary water than they have...says Lochhead. "The tributary issue is the basic...Colorado River or its tributaries in the Lower Basin...
Local group puts tributaries on the map; First Herring Brook Watershed Initiative tracks water bodies
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 1/27/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...their findings. Thirteen new tributaries were mapped, although three...Reservoir. Some of the new tributaries aren't more than tiny streams...matter how small, it's a tributary, which requires Zone A protection...400-foot buffer around tributaries that feed a public drinking...
Research and Markets: River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network Bringing Together Engineering, Ecological and Geomorphological Approaches to River System Science.
Business Wire; 7/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...River Confluences, Tributaries and the Fluvial Network...confluence dynamics tributary impacts and the links...Introduction to Part II: tributary-main-stem interactions...Spatial identification of tributary impacts in river networks...10. Effects of tributaries on main-channel ...
Tributaries Adds Two Power Strips.(Tributaries Cable)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: TWICE; 10/27/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...John Laposky Orlando, Fla.- Tributaries Cable has introduced two additions...without obscuring adjacent outlets. Tributaries' T8 power strip incorporates...antenna or cable RF line. The Tributaries T1 swivels 360 degrees, making...
Assessment of Genetic Divergence between Lacustrine and Riverine Smallmouth Bass in Lake Erie and Four Tributaries
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...occupy these same tributaries. While mark-recapture...bass in adjacent tributaries. Results from mitochondrial...divergences among tributary populations were...but spawning in tributaries, and resident tributary populations. Therefore...
The CoolTouch CTEV(TM) Endovenous Laser Now Approved to Treat Tributary Veins.
PR Newswire; 11/16/2006; 700+ words ; ...of superficial incompetent tributary veins associated with varicose...the treatment of incompetent tributaries and the reflux of the Great...excited to receive the first tributary FDA approval," states David...effective method to treat tributaries; the FDA approval confirms...
Songhua River tributary pollution will not influence Russia: official
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/25/2006; 591 words ; Songhua River tributary pollution will not influence Russia...The pollution of a Songhua River tributary will not hurt Russia, said an environmental...they learnt of the pollution on its tributary Mangniu River. "The pollutants were...
Friends of Creek adopt pathway along tributary
Newspaper article from: Rolling Meadows Review (IL); 6/2/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Undeveloped property along a quarter-mile tributary of Salt Creek has an uncertain future...Greater Chicago, to help maintain the tributary and keep it clean. The city of Rolling...considered selling the land along the tributary for development; the Palatine Park District...