tributary

Example Sentences

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Two weeks ago the government announced the suspension of dredging in the Tapajos River, a key Amazon River tributary, after Indigenous-led protests.

From Barron's

Toxins entered a tributary feeding the Kafue, Zambia's longest river and a major source of drinking water.

From Barron's

The Severn Estuary is home to huge numbers of sprats and salmon, and the twaite shad, a protected migrating species which spawns in the tributaries of the River Severn.

From BBC

It was a town on the White Volta, a major tributary of the Volta River, way up north.

From Literature

A wall currently separates the Nant Clydach tributary from the street, but the environment body, Natural Resources Wales, said building a raised flood defence wall was "not economically viable".

From BBC