Sentence examples for a tributary from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a tributary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake.
Example: "The Amazon River has many tributaries that contribute to its vast water system."
Alternatives: "a feeder stream" or "a branch river".

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"That's a tributary of the Missouri River".

The last river we travelled was a tributary of a tributary of the Ganges.

It rests on a tributary of the Neglinka River.

We parked by a tributary of the Exe.

It lies near a tributary of the Menderes River.

It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Bareilly, on a tributary of the Ramganga River (itself a tributary of the Ganges [Ganga] River).

We paddle through the narrow arboreal confines of a tributary called Russ Creek.

When I'm with him, I feel like a tributary of that stream.

It sparked a wave of student occupations, itself a tributary of the student protests in 2010.

Other specimens were collected by day in a tributary hiding among submerged vegetation and woody debris.

All that runs down your gutter into a tributary and right into the ocean.

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