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Because a tributary flows into a river. If a tributary flowed directly into the sea - it would be a river - not a tributary !

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What kind of sentence can you use for a tributary?

A tributary does not flow directly into a sea.


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What is an eaxample of a tributary?

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Are the everglades a tributary river?

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What are tributaries?

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