Definition of distributary in English:
distributary
nounPlural distributaries dɪˈstrɪbjʊt(ə)ridəˈstrɪbjuˌtɛri
A branch of a river that does not return to the main stream after leaving it (as in a delta).
Example sentencesExamples
- The Rhine (and its distributaries Waal and Lek) was virtually a wine highway, linking Cologne with Dordrecht and Rotterdam.
- Within the distributary channel the relatively static nature of the saline wedge inhibits seaward bedload transport.
- Their distributaries shifted to a more efficient course through what is now the main stem of the Mississippi, downstream from New Orleans.
- The Vagetikona project that was taken up two decades ago is a fallout of Gunjana falls and one of its distributaries flows to Kodur town as Gunajaneru.
- A large tract of land was inundated following a 20-foot breach in the Pai distributary near Anandpur Jharot village, about 10 km from here, last evening.
- These intervals possibly represent signatures of distributary channels in a coastal-plain environment.
- The environment is interpreted as a dominantly subaqueous delta top, similar to the modern Mississippi but with meandering distributary channels.
- The regular splitting and shifting of distributaries in the delta plain is caused by bars that are formed at the river mouth.
- The seven forests are on old levee ridges associated with past distributaries of the Mississippi River.
- It is the artery that provides life itself, as do its tributaries and distributaries, whether irrigation systems or natural deltas.
- The lack of rainfall is obviated to a degree by a well-developed irrigation system based upon a series of distributaries running from the Lower Swat Canal.
- The water mass consists of tiny hilly streams, winding seasonal creeks, muddy canals, some truly magnificent rivers and their tributaries and distributaries.
- Flows may have been storm-triggered or represent hyperpycnal underflows sourced from deltaic distributary channels, indicating the proximity of the coastline.
- These cycles are interpreted as distributary mouth bars formed during a brief lowstand period.
Definition of distributary in US English:
distributary
noundəˈstribyo͞oˌterēdəˈstrɪbjuˌtɛri
A branch of a river that does not return to the main stream after leaving it (as in a delta).
Example sentencesExamples
- These cycles are interpreted as distributary mouth bars formed during a brief lowstand period.
- A large tract of land was inundated following a 20-foot breach in the Pai distributary near Anandpur Jharot village, about 10 km from here, last evening.
- The Vagetikona project that was taken up two decades ago is a fallout of Gunjana falls and one of its distributaries flows to Kodur town as Gunajaneru.
- The regular splitting and shifting of distributaries in the delta plain is caused by bars that are formed at the river mouth.
- It is the artery that provides life itself, as do its tributaries and distributaries, whether irrigation systems or natural deltas.
- The seven forests are on old levee ridges associated with past distributaries of the Mississippi River.
- Within the distributary channel the relatively static nature of the saline wedge inhibits seaward bedload transport.
- The water mass consists of tiny hilly streams, winding seasonal creeks, muddy canals, some truly magnificent rivers and their tributaries and distributaries.
- The environment is interpreted as a dominantly subaqueous delta top, similar to the modern Mississippi but with meandering distributary channels.
- These intervals possibly represent signatures of distributary channels in a coastal-plain environment.
- The lack of rainfall is obviated to a degree by a well-developed irrigation system based upon a series of distributaries running from the Lower Swat Canal.
- Flows may have been storm-triggered or represent hyperpycnal underflows sourced from deltaic distributary channels, indicating the proximity of the coastline.
- The Rhine (and its distributaries Waal and Lek) was virtually a wine highway, linking Cologne with Dordrecht and Rotterdam.
- Their distributaries shifted to a more efficient course through what is now the main stem of the Mississippi, downstream from New Orleans.