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Right tributary, or right-bank tributary, and left tributary, or left-bank tributary, describe the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from the perspective of looking downstream, that is, facing the direction the water current of the main stem is going.
Right Bank generally refers to the bank of a river or other body of water that is on the right side when facing downstream. It may specifically refer to: Right Bank (Biscay), the right bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain; Right-bank Ukraine, a historical region in Ukraine; Right Bank (Bordeaux), a wine region in France
In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography. In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terrain alongside the bed of a river , creek, or stream . [ 1 ]
(L) indicates a left-bank tributary and (R) indicates a right-bank tributary whilst (Ls) and (Rs) indicate left and right forks where a named river is formed from two differently named rivers. For simplicity, they are divided here by the coastal section in which the mouth of the river can be found. Those on Scottish islands can be found in a ...
Wauchope Water is a right bank tributary of the Esk which joins immediately downstream from the Ewes Water confluence. It arises as the Logan Water and Bigholms Burn meet 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Langholm. The Tarras Water is a left bank tributary of the Esk which joins it 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Langholm.
Its left-bank tributary in Ladakh is the Zanskar River, and its left-bank tributary in the plains is the Panjnad River which is formed by the successive confluences of the five Punjab rivers, namely the Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers. Its principal right-bank tributaries are the Shyok, Gilgit, Kabul, Kurram, and Gomal rivers.
The Afon Marlais is a right-bank tributary of the River Tâf in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. It flows through the Vale of Lampeter to join the Tâf just west of Whitland. Its length is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). [1] The name derives from the Welsh 'marw glais' and signifies a 'stagnant stream'. [2]
The Tansa is its left bank tributary and the Pinjal, Dehraja, and Surya are its right bank tributaries. Upper stretches of the Vaitarna are clean but in lower stretches it is polluted due to untreated industrial and civic waste. The Vaitarna is one of the most polluted rivers in India. [1]