tributary

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But a subject not participating in his biography is sometimes for the best: Skillful writers like Mr. O’Brien know how to find the tributaries where rich, untold material lies waiting to be excavated.

From The Wall Street Journal

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