distributary

• Sustantivo que designa un brazo o ramal de un río que se separa del cauce principal y no vuelve a unirse a él, formando un delta o una red de canales. También puede referirse a un canal o conducto que distribuye agua u otro fluido desde un punto principal.

A noun referring to a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it.

1. River branchC1formal

   A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it, often found in river deltas.

   Brazo de río que se separa del curso principal

   • The Nile Delta has many distributaries that empty into the Mediterranean Sea.
   • The river splits into several distributaries near the coast.
   • Sediment deposits often form islands between distributaries.

   Sinónimosbrancheffluentoutflowoutlet

   Antónimostributary