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The phrase "a large tributary of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a significant river or stream that flows into a larger body of water, such as a river or lake.
Example: "The Missouri River is a large tributary of the Mississippi River, contributing significantly to its flow."
Alternatives: "a major feeder of" or "a significant inflow to".
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The Chambal, a large tributary of the River Yamuna, is virgin territory for most travellers; some of its purity, of course, stems from its seclusion.
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Arkansas River, large tributary of the Mississippi River, rising in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Leadville in central Colorado, U.S., and flowing generally east-southeastward for 1,460 miles (2,350 km) through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas before entering the Mississippi 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Arkansas City, Ark.
As it enters the city of Lake Forest, it receives from the right Munger Creek and from the left English Canyon Creek, a larger tributary which drains part of the city of Mission Viejo, 16 mile from the mouth.
Large-scale channel improvement and stabilization projects have been undertaken on many of the major rivers of the world, notably in the northern plain lands of Russia and in the interior of the United States (e.g., various large tributaries of the Mississippi River).
The scene is just downstream from a cremation site; the Yamuna is the largest tributary of the Ganges.
We investigated the hydraulic conductivity of a high floodplain of the Weihe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River in China.
Ganoga Lake is the largest tributary of Lake Jean, via a 0.4 mile branch of Kitchen Creek.
The Thompson River, at 489 km long, is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, with a watershed of 55,400 km2.
Samples were collected in the Kulingdakan catchment (64°17-19'N, 100°11-13'E) of Central Siberia within the drainage basin of the Kochechum River, a northern tributary of the Nizhnyaya Tungunska River, which is the second largest tributary of the Yenissei River (Figure 1).
A riverine sockeye population also rears in Albert Johnson Creek (AJC), the largest tributary of Aniakchak River [ 35].
The Belaya is the largest tributary of the Kama River, which is itself an important tributary of the Volga.
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