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Tributaries into what is the largest natural lake in California ran so dry last summer that state Fish and Wildlife officials rescued several hundred hitch that became stranded in ponds above the lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2023

Tributaries may split off from the main waterway and then loop back; species may diverge, then interbreed.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2017

Tributaries at the headwaters have the steepest gradient and most sediment production and erosion, especially downward erosion, occur in the headwaters zone.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Tributaries join up, reservoirs are built, and in the mountains the only place to build is in the valleys, which are flood plains.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2012

Being a Narrative of the Exploration of the Tributaries of the River La Plata and Adjacent Countries during the Years 1853, '54, '55, '56, under the Orders of the United States Government.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various