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Definition of Tributaries
1. tributary [n] - See also: tributary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tributaries
Literary usage of Tributaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Mississippi Historical Society, Franklin Lafayette Riley (1906)
"Large tributaries of the Missouri: 1, Yellowstone, its character and tributaries,
smaller tributaries above the Platte, viz., White Earth, Little Missouri, ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The development of tributaries.—Thus far valleys leading immediately to the sea
... As a matter of fact most considerable valleys have numerous tributaries. ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1863)
"Letters from SAMUEL W. BAKER, ESQ., FRGS, on his Travels by the Aibara Eiver and
its tributaries, in Nubia, dated September 10th, 1862. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... tributaries. LATEST NEWS OF STANLEY In answer to a question on this subject
by Sir George Bowen, Sir FRANCIS DE ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"EXPLORATION OF THE tributaries OF THE CONGO, ETC. the pugnacious character of
the Englishman would not allow him to feel much gratitude. ..."
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