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Definition of Distributary
1. Noun. A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it.
Definition of Distributary
1. a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.
Definition of Distributary
1. Noun. A branch of a river delta; a channel that distributes a river's waters into the sea, as with the Atchafalaya River of the Mississippi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distributary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distributary
Literary usage of Distributary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1896)
"distributary Channels in Earth.—The cross-section of the main or larger ...
Wooden distributary Heads.—distributary heads on Western canals are arranged ..."
2. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"The simple form of computation which this investigation takes is A'= gross area
commanded by the distributary; a = area of waste land; 6 = proportion of ..."
3. Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works: Including the Flow of Water in by Patrick John Flynn (1892)
"Section of Fall on distributary with Aqueduct Over Tail 252 1-77. ... Section of
Syphon Drain for passing one distributary under another, ..."
4. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"(1) in which A is the net area to be irrigated, and is equivalent to the same
symbol in the formula in Article 58, so that the discharge of the distributary ..."
5. Irrigation Works: The Principles on which Their Design and Working Should be by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1913)
"Design of a distributary.—A distributary is a canal in miniature and, ... At the
off-take of any branch or distributary there is a regulator in the head of ..."
6. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"distributary Pipes for the Agricultural Park of Acheres, Paris, France.—The
distributing system is about 21 miles long and all pipes are of the Bonna type. ..."
7. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"distributary Pipes for the Agricultural Park of Acheres, Paris, France.—The
distributing system is about 21 miles long and all pipes are of the ..."
8. The Irrigation Works of India by Robert Burton Buckley (1905)
"So that the discharge of the distributary (x) has to be - A — (T - Qbk ~ D ~ D
The values given to b and k vary according to the conditions of cultivation ..."
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