Tributary

Tributary: A lower order-stream compared to a receiving waterbody. "Tributary to" indicates the largest stream into which the reported stream or tributary flows.

Tributary: A stream that contributes its water to another stream or body of water.

tributary
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river.
troposphere ...

tributary : A stream or other body of water, surface or underground, which intermittently contributes its water in small quantities to another larger stream or body of water.

distributary one of the branches formed by a major stream as it flows across its delta to the sea
diurnal of the daytime or occurring during the daylight hours
diversity the variety, number and distribution of species within a community ...

Stream flume located on an intermittent forest stream that is a tributary of Nomini Creek. Flumes are used to monitor water yields from research forested watersheds.

creek - a watercourse smaller than, and often tributary to, a river.
critical mass - the minimum mass of fissionable material that will support a sustaining chain reaction.

Topographic perimeter of the catchment area of a stream tributary.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Affluent (Stream) - A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a Tributary.

channel An open conduit either naturally or artificially created which periodically or continuously contains moving water. Watercourse, river, creek, run, branch, and tributary are some of the terms used to describe natural channels.

by the Clean Water Act, Title IV, which is required for discharge of pollutants to navigable waters of the United States, which includes any discharge to surface waters-lakes, streams, rivers, bays, the ocean, wetlands, storm sewer, or tributary to ...

See also: River, Soil, Environment, Water, Organism