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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 are most often found in river deltas. Terminology. At Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, looking downstream, the Shenandoah River (bottom right) meets ...
Distributaries of the Ganges (11 P) N. Distributaries of the Niger River (3 P) Pages in category "Distributaries" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of ...
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]
Once a wave-dominated or river-dominated distributary silts up, it is abandoned, and a new channel forms elsewhere. In a tidal delta, new distributaries are formed during times when there is a lot of water around – such as floods or storm surges. These distributaries slowly silt up at a more or less constant rate until they fizzle out. [32]
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.
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers.
Channel patterns are found in rivers, streams, and other bodies of water that transport water from one place to another.Systems of branching river channels dissect most of the sub-aerial landscape, each in a valley proportioned to its size.