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What are the smaller streams that a river gets water from called?
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∙ 6y ago
Tributaries contribute to the river in the early stage. Where a river forms a Delta the smaller rivers which branch out are Distributaries.
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∙ 14y ago
Justin Denny
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∙ 9y agoThe smaller river (stream) is a tributary of the main river.
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What are brooks and streams called that carry water to a river?
Tributaries
Why do most rivers have wider channels than streams?
Streams are merely tributaries of rivers. A river is the wider channel into which smaller creeks, streams and rivers flow. (Streams do not flow out of rivers.) Streams carry water from higher sources, emptying into the river. As more streams empty into a river, it tends to become broader, simply because of the greater volume of water it is carrying.
What is called the water flows in streams and river into the oceans and lakes?
moats
What are large streams of water called?
A large stream of surface water is usually called a river. A river is freshwater and runs from high to low ground.
What is a natural stream of water that is fed by other streams and empties into a larger body of water called?
River
What causes a river?
A river is formed when water draining from mountanous terrain or some other watershed flows into a valley via smaller streams. The streams join together and their combined volume of water forms a river with the force of the water cutting a channel as it flows downhill toward a lake, sea, or ocean.
What is water call if collects in rivers and streams and oceans?
I believe it is called Runnoff...
What are large streams of surface water called?
A large stream of surface water is usually called a river. A river is freshwater and runs from high to low ground.
What is the process where bits of rock in streams get smaller and rounder?
If a rock falls into a stream or river, they can get transported (carried away). As they are moved by the water, the rock fragment knock against each other and wear away. This is called ABRASION. This bits of rock or sand in streams are called Sediment.
What kind of water does streams and river have?
Majority of rivers and streams have fresh water flowing in them.
What is it called when a rivers brakes up into streams?
It is usually the other way round. Moving in the direction of water flow, streams merge together to form larger rivers, the streams are called the river's tributaries. The point of joining is called a "confluence".
What are river streams and lakes?
Lakes, rivers, and streams are bodies of water.
