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Feeder creeks, or tributaries.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoThey're called tributaries.
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What are tributareis?
Streams and rivers flowing into a larger river or lake. They CONTRIBUTE to the main flow.
Why does the volume of the river increase downstream?
A river increases in volume as more streams join the main flow in the lower reaches.
The smaller streams and rivers that feed into a main river are called?
Small streams and rivers that flow into larger ones are called tributaries. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.
Which streams that feed into a river at various points along its course?
Such streams are known as the tributaries of the main river.
What makes up a river system?
tributaries, the main river, and the main body of water that it flows into
Where is the strongest current in a river system Where is there less current?
The strongest current in a river system is in the main flow. There is less current in eddies and backwaters.
How can deposition form a delta?
As silt is deposited at the river mouth, where the water flow is reduced by meeting the sea, the flow of water is obstructed and must find other channels. It is this splitting up of the main river into several streams that produces a delta.
Tributary of a river?
Other streams or lakes that joins a main river is a tributary
What is the main tributary of the Mississippi?
The Missouri River is the largest tributary of the MS river.
Streams that supply a main stream?
They contribute to the river: They are Tributaries.
What is the main river system in Australia?
the murray is the mai n river and the darling is the main river system in austrilia
What is the source of the main river systems of South Asia?
The Andes mountain streams
