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Whatisthedifferencebetweentributaryanddistributary?
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Q: Whatisthedifferencebetweentributaryand
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Atributaryandadistributaryarebothbodiesoffreshwaterthateventuallymeet
withordivergefromrivers,buttheydifferinthedirectionthattheyflow.A
tributaryisastreamthatflowsintoalargerriver.Adistributaryisastreamor
smallriverthatsplitsofffromalargerriverandflowsinadifferentdirection.

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Theprocessinwhichadistributarybranchesofffromariveriscalled
bifurcation.
Tributariesalsohaveavarietyofspecialtermsattachedtothem.Theriverthat
tributariesflowintoiscalledamainstream.Atributaryisalsoknownasan
affluent,andthepointwherethetributarymeetswiththemainstreamiscalled
theconfluence.Inaddition,tributariescanbecalled"leftbanktributaries"or
"rightbanktributaries"basedonthesideoftheriveronwhichthey'relocated.
TheBalikhisoneexampleofastreamthatoriginatesinthemountainsand
eventuallycombineswiththeEuphratesRiverandbecomesaleftbank
tributary.InWyoming,there'sasmallcreekcalledtheNorthTwoOcean
Creek.Thiscreekhasadistributarythatsplitsintotwostreams:onethatflows
totheAtlanticOceanandonethatflowstothePacificOcean.

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