A smaller branching stream channel that flows into a main stream channel. Opposite of distributary.

late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute).

late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows [..]

stream that feeds, or flows, into a larger stream. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

A river or stream that connects to a larger body of water.

a stream channel that branches back toward its source. The opposite of a Distributary.

feeder: a branch that flows into the main stream (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream paying tribute; "a tributary colony" conducive: tending to bring about; being part [..]

A stream or river that flows into a larger one.

one river joining another. Usually the smaller of the two is labelled the tributary, and the larger is the main channel.

A stream or river that flows into a larger lake or river.

A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger river.

a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream. Usually, a number of smaller tributaries merge to form a river.

A creek, stream, or river that feeds a larger stream or river, or lake.

A stream or river that feeds into a larger watercourse.

A small river or stream that joins a larger river.

stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream. tropical rain forest -

(n) a branch that flows into the main stream(adj) paying tribute(adj) (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream(adj) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

A stream draining into a larger stream.

A stream that flows into a larger stream or body of water.

A stream feeding into a larger stream or lake.

A stream or other body of water, surface or underground, which intermittently contributes its water in small quantities to another larger stream or body of water.

A creek, stream or river that flows into a larger body of water. For example, the Susquehanna, Potomac and James rivers are tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream. Usually, a number of smaller tributaries merge to form a river.

Small stream emptying into bigger river

In a radar set, a sharp voltage pulse which is applied to the modulator tubes to fire the transmitter, applied simultaneously to the sweep generator to start the electron beam moving radially from the [..]

a stream that contributes its water to another stream or body of water.

A small stream or river, which enters and increases the volume of the receiving river, lake, or reservoir.

a stream or river flowing into a larger stream, river, or lake

A stream that feeds into a larger stream. Also called a feeder stream.

A stream that contributes its water to another larger stream or body of water.

a stream or river that flows into a larger river or lake.

A stream or river that flows into a larger river or lake.