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What is the term used to describe one river emptying into another?

The term used to describe one river emptying into another is "tributary." A tributary is a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger one, contributing its water to the main river system. The point where the tributary joins the larger river is called the confluence.


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.


What is a 10 letter word where a small river joins a larger one?

Where two rivers meet is called a confluence.


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.


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.