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Common terms to name individual river distributaries in English-speaking countries are arm and channel.These terms may refer to a distributary that does not rejoin the channel from which it has branched (e.g., the North, Middle, and South Arms of the Fraser River, or the West Channel of the Mackenzie River), or to one that does (e.g. Annacis Channel and Annieville Channel of the Fraser River ...
Distributaries of the Niger River (3 P) Pages in category "Distributaries" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The number of distributaries that are present is in part determined by the rate of sediment discharge, [6] and increased sediment discharge leads to more river bifurcation. This then leads to increased numbers of distributaries in deltas. Delta bifurcation has a typical angle at which it is observed, with a critical angle of approximately 72º. [7]
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Distributaries are common features of river deltas, and are often found where a valleyed stream enters wide flatlands or approaches the coastal plains around a lake or an ocean. They can also occur inland, on alluvial fans, or where a tributary stream bifurcates as it nears its confluence with a larger stream.
Chart showing the major river systems of India along with the tributaries and distributaries of some of them. As per the classification of Food and Agriculture Organization, the rivers systems are combined into 20 river units, which includes 14 major rivers systems and 99 smaller river basins grouped into six river units. The Ganges-Brahmaputra ...
The river ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal through an extensive network of distributaries. [7] Its 312,812 km 2 (120,777 sq mi) drainage basin is one of the largest in the Indian subcontinent, with only the Ganga and Indus rivers having a larger drainage basin. [8]
Nam Khan flows into the Mekong at Luang Prabang in Laos.. A tributary, [1] or an affluent, [2] is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake. [3]