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Tributary.
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What is the name of a smaller river that joins a larger one?
Tributary.
What the name when the small river jion up the big river?
It Joins at a confluence. That is where the river joins the larger one.
What is a small river that joins a bigger one?
The join of a small river (a tributary) joins a larger river (the main river) is called a confluence.
Where does a small river flow into a larger one?
The smaller stream is a tributary of a larger stream, river or lake.
When a small river flows into a larger one what does it eventually empty into?
Tributary
What is the name of a river or stream that flowsinto a larger river?
The smaller river is a tributary to the big one.
What is the tributary of a river?
when one stream meets another and they merge together, the smaller stream is known as a tributary.
Is a tributary a large river that flows into a small river?
It is not. It is the other way round, a stream or smaller river flowing into a larger one.
What is a 10 letter word where a small river joins a larger one?
Where two rivers meet is called a confluence.
Can one river be the base level for another?
The base level of a river is the lowest place where it can flow, generally it's mouth. Therefore if a river or stream flows into another river, then the first river's base level is the point where it joins the other river.
What is difference between a stream and river?
The difference between a river and a stream is the name applied to it by local residents, and relative size. In the same region, something called a river is usually larger than something called a stream. However, something that is called a river in one place could be the same size as something called a stream in another place.
What do you call a smaller branch of a river?
A smaller river which joins a larger one is called a tributary. If a river branches and later these branches re-connect - as in flowing around around an island - the smaller branch is sometimes called an arm. If the branching occurs near the sea, and the arms don't reconnect, then the arms are referred to as a delta.i like chicken
