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A Tributary is freshwater stream that feed into a lager stream or river. The larger, or parent river is called mainstream. The point where a tributary mets the mainstream is called the confluence. Tributaries do not flow directly to ocean. Example of mainstream is Ganga in India. The term distributary means when a river separates from the mainstream and forms an another river is known as distributary

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Q: Can you explain the terms tributaries and distributaries?
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