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The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m 3 /s (1.1 million cu ft/s).
The tributary relationship between China and Korea was established during the Three Kingdoms of Korea, [16] [17] but in practice it was only a diplomatic formality to strengthen legitimacy and gain access to cultural goods from China. [18]
The bunga mas, a form of tribute sent to the King of Ayutthaya from its vassal states in the Malay Peninsula. A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power (the suzerain). [1]
There is no clear demarcation between surface runoff and an ephemeral stream, [49]: 58 and some ephemeral streams can be classed as intermittent—flow all but disappearing in the normal course of seasons but ample flow (backups) restoring stream presence — such circumstances are documented when stream beds have opened up a path into mines or ...
The more Confucian the actors, the more likely they were to participate in the tributary system. [8] In practice the behaviours which were collectively seen as a tributary system, involving tribute and gift exchange in return for symbolic subordination, were only formalized during the early years of the Ming dynasty. [9]
Tributary may refer to the following: Tributary, a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea; Tributary by Robert La Fosse and Robert Garland, 2000; Tributary, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Douglas County; Tributary state
Samanta was a title and position used in the history of the Indian subcontinent between 4th and 12th century [1] [2] to denote a vassal, feudal lord or tributary chief. The leader of 100 village also popularly known as jagirdar. The term roughly translates to neighbor. [3]
The tributary envoys' kowtowing before the Chinese emperor as "a symbolic recognition of their inferiority" and "acknowledgment of their status of a vassal state" [24] The presentation of tribute and receipt of the emperor's "vassals' gifts" [24] The investiture of the tributary state's ruler as the legitimate king of his land [24]