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 • Feb. 21, 2026

The tributary of the Potomac River cutting across the land was called Tiber Creek after the river that flowed through the Eternal City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The 500-million-euro Achelous tributary project is to be completed by 2029.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

The dam's construction on a Nile tributary, which provides most of that great river's water, was controversial with downstream countries.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

Why not alter the course of that human tributary so that it fed southward?

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead