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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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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
Lao Isan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Mekong River via the Mae Nam Mun and its tributary, the Lam Nam Chi. The north and east...Siamese kingdom. Luang Prabang became a tributary vassal of the Siamese kingdom. This...Siam administered the northeast as tributary outer provinces. Local politics decided...
Switzerland
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...drains into the North Sea; of the Aare, a tributary of the Rhine; of the Rh ô ne, which...the Mediterranean; and of the Ticino, a tributary of the Po, and of the Inn, a tributary of the Danube, which flow into the Adriatic...
Murray
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...a lagoon, into the Indian Ocean. It receives its main tributary, the Darling River, at Wentworth. The Murray-Darling...including Hume Reservoir. The Murray and the Murrumbidgee, a tributary, receive most of the diverted water from the Snowy Mts...
Araweté
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...52 ° 30 ′ 15" W), a small blackwater tributary of the Xingu, in the state of Par á in northern Brazil...occupied the headwaters of the Rio Bacaj á , a large tributary of the middle Xingu. The arrival of the bellicose Kayap...
Asurini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...region between the Tocantins and the Rio Pacaj á , a tributary of the Xingu. Another Asurini group, the Asurini do Xingu, live on the Rio Pi ç ava, also a Xingu tributary, but they differ from the Asurini do Tocantins in dialect...
Emerillon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...The 100 or so remaining Emerillon live in settlements in French Guiana on the Camopi, a tributary of the Oiapoque River, and on the Tampok, a tributary of the Maroni (near Brazil and Suriname respectively), and speak a language belonging...
Lake Nyasa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...west. The lake is bounded by steep mountains, except in the south. Its main tributary is the Ruhuhu River in the northeast; the Shire (in the south), a tributary of the Zambezi, is the lake's sole outlet. There is regular steamship service...
Okinawans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement ...Okinawans looked to China as the center of civilization and sent tributary delegations to the Middle Kingdom on a regular basis. The...the island's overseas trade. Okinawans maintained their tributary relationship with China even though they had become a vassal...
Muyu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Jaya, just along the border with Papua New Guinea. The name Muyu is taken from the Muyu River, a tributary of the Kao River, itself a tributary of the Digul River. Location. The Muyu area is between 5 ° and 7 ° S and 140...

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tributary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. ( pl. -tar·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...
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...traces of glaciers. In the basin of the Dzhanbulak river (a tributary of the Oka River) Kropotkin found volcanic craters; he surveyed...rivers, the expedition moved on the the Tsipa River and its tributary, the Tsipikan. Next it crossed the Big and Little Amalat...
tribute
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...prop. to divide among the tribes, f. tribus TRIBE . So tributary adj. paying tribute XIV; paid in tribute XVI; subsidiary, auxiliary XVII; sb. one who pays tribute XIV; tributary stream XIX. — L. tribūtā...
Red River Cart Traffic
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...dried meat, and furs, and exchanged these products at Fort Snelling for the trade goods needed at the fur trade posts tributary to Fort Garry. In 1843 the American Fur Company established a post at Pembina, and thereafter the traffic from this point...
Elbe River
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ELBE RIVER ELBE RIVER. The Elbe and a tributary, the Mulde, served as a dividing line between Soviet and Allied forces when World War II ended in Europe. Ceding the honor of...
Idaho
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...feet of water annually in the form of rain and snow, to supply 16,000 miles of rivers and streams. The most important tributary is the Snake River, which flows for 1,000 miles before draining into the Columbia. Culturally, the state is divided between...
Bruce, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...xE1; ez had been there more than a century earlier. Bruce actually had found the source of the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the White Nile, which it joins below Khartoum. He knew of the White Nile, although he denied that it was the major branch...
feeder
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...a device supplying material to a machine: the automatic sheet feeder holds 10 sheets of paper. ∎  a tributary stream. ∎  [usu. as adj. ] a branch road or railroad line linking outlying districts with a main communication...
Jabbok
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Jabbok A tributary of the Jordan ; a ford across this stream was the scene of Jacob's wrestling with God (Gen. 32: 22).
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...

Thesaurus entries related to "tributary"

tributary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English tributary • noun  tributaries of the Mississippi synonyms : branch, feeder, confluent.
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.
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...
satellite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English satellite • adjective  a satellite state synonyms : dependent, tributary, subordinate, puppet, vassal.
branch
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...prong.   3. the local branch of the bank synonyms : division, subdivision, section, subsection, department, part, wing, office.   4. branches of the stream synonyms : subdivision, subsidiary, tributary, feeder.
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...
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...

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Tributary Systems, Inc. Acquires Gresham's Storage Director Product.
PR Newswire; 10/30/2009; 700+ words ; DALLAS, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- 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...
Bristol Technology Inc. Introduces Tributary Allowing Developers to Use Visual C++ to Develop Applications for OS/390 and UNIX.
Business Wire; 3/30/1999; 700+ words ; ...Bristol Technology Inc. today introduced Tributary(TM), a new software product that...390's flagship operating system. Tributary extends the Visual C++ IDE, leveraging...and debug enterprise applications. Tributary offers the following powerful capabilities...
Numerical simulation of nocturnal drainage flows in idealized valley-tributary systems
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...flow and transport in idealized valley-tributary systems are compared with the Atmospheric...Colorado. Much of the general valley-tributary flow behavior deduced from observations...spatially complex, unsteady nature of the tributary flow found in the field data is also...
Tributary control of physical heterogeneity and biological diversity at river confluences.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...moderate inputs of water and sediment at tributary junctions greatly increase physical heterogeneity...heterogeneity is most sensitive to the ratios of tributary to mainstream bed load flux and bed load...gradients. Total diversity increases as tributary sediment load and caliber increase relative...
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 ; ...Lotic ecosystems are made up of numerous tributary streams forming a complex branching network...tributaries flow into larger rivers, or tributary junctions, may be sites in the network...in mainstem rivers at or downstream of tributary junctions. We conducted surveys in three...
EPA: CLEANUP OF OTTAWA RIVER TRIBUTARY FINISHED
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 6/2/1998; ; 680 words ; ...announced that the cleanup of an unnamed tributary to the Ottawa River in Toledo has been...from entering the Ottawa River, the tributary has been dammed and redirected through...and those who swim and fish it. The tributary was formed decades ago when a part of...
EPA: Cleanup of Ottawa River Tributary Finished
PR Newswire; 6/2/1998; 700+ words ; ...announced that the cleanup of an unnamed tributary to the Ottawa River in Toledo has been...from entering the Ottawa River, the tributary has been dammed and redirected through...and those who swim and fish it." The tributary was formed decades ago when a part of...
MARYLAND BAY CABINET RELEASES DRAFT TRIBUTARY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/24/2006; 700+ words ; ...draft of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan at the 10th Anniversary celebration of the State's Tributary Teams. On behalf of Gov. Robert L...Governor Ehrlich released the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy, which detailed the specific...
Lake tributary is latest strategy: Waukesha seeking way to return wastewater.
Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI); 10/7/2006; 700+ words ; ...to Lake Michigan water: find a lake tributary that can safely handle the city's treated...every day of treated wastewater into a tributary would cause flooding or damage ecosystems...have around times of flooding? Will the tributary be large enough to take that and not...
DSn Jitter Measurements and In-Service Tributary Scan Now Integrated Into Sunrise Telecom(R) Incorporated's STT Network Analysis Module.
PR Newswire; 6/30/2005; 700+ words ; ...jitter measurements and in-service tributary scan into the Network Analysis Module...standard thresholds. The in-service tributary scan works on today's complex mixed...show operators the payload structure and tributary status of live circuits. "Network operators...