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What is a large stream of water fed by tributaries and emptying into larger body of water?
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoa river
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What is a large stream of water fed by tributaries and emptying into a larger body of water?
a river
What is a natural stream of water larger than a creek and emptying intp an ocean lake or river?
There are two answers to this question based upon the way it is written. A. A large natural stream of water emptying into a large "body" is called a river; and B. A large natural stream of water emptying into a larger body can be called a tributary. Normally this is a smaller river than the "large body". Thus the Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River.
What is the definition of a main river?
A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries.
Can Lake Michigan be considered a river?
No, Lake Michigan is definitely a lake. A river is defined as "A large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributaries."
What is meant by river?
A large natural stream of water emptying into a sea, lake or other body of water.
What term describes a stream or small river that flows into a larger river?
A small freshwater river or stream flowing into a larger river is called a tributary or feeder river. A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a mainstem (or parent) river or a lake. For example, a tributary can be a creek that flows into a river. Or it can be a small river that flows into a larger river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Some large rivers can have up to 100 tributaries. The spot where the smaller and larger river meet is called a "confluence". In contrast, a body of water that branches off and flows away from the main river is called a distributary.
What is a large stream of water that flows across the land and empties into a larger body of water?
A river is a large stream of water that flows across the land and empties into a larger body of water. A river usually empties into a sea or ocean.
What large river ans its tributaries run through the basin?
If you are asking about the US, then it is the Mississippi river and its tributaries.
What is called a large stream?
a waterway is a large stream
A large stream is also called a?
A large natural stream, which may be a waterway.
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.
A stream that flows into a large stream is what?
tributary
