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The smaller stream is the tributary of the larger river.
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tributary is the collective term A tributary is a smaller stream which flows into a larger river. The name of an individual stream depends on the size of the stream. It may be a river or a creek or a canal if it is manmade.
A stream or river called that flows into a larger stream or river is called a tributary.
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.
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The smaller stream is a tributary of a larger stream, river or lake.
The mouth of a stream is where the stream flows out into a larger body of water.
A tributary and dis tributary are both bodies of freshwater that eventually meet with or diverge from rivers, but they differ in the direction that they flow . A tributary is a stream that flows into larger river . A dis tributary is a stream or small river that splits off from a larger river and flows in a different direction.
It is not. It is the other way round, a stream or smaller river flowing into a larger one.
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