GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GROUNDWATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A smaller stream that feeds into a river and eventually into a river system is called a(n)
A
groundwater
B
surface water
C
tributary
D
watershed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A tributary is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream or river. The larger, or parent, river is called the mainstem. The point where a tributary meets the mainstem is called the confluence. Tributaries, also called affluents, do not flow directly into the ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tributary is a river or stream that enters a larger body of water, especially a lake or river. The receiving water into which a tributary feeds is called the “mainstem, ” and the point where they come together is referred to as the “confluence.”

Detailed explanation-3: -These smaller streams are called tributaries. Streams create channels by wearing down rock and carrying it and other sediment downstream. This process is called erosion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: When a river splits into smaller streams or channels, it creates distributaries. River tributaries are small streams of glacier water which merge to form a larger river. Tributary. Distributary. A tributary of a larger river that eventually joins the main body of water.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Right tributary", or “right-bank tributary", and “left tributary", or “left-bank tributary", are terms stating the orientation of the tributary relative to the flow of the main stem river. These terms are defined from the perspective of looking downstream (in the direction the water current of the main stem is going).

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