distributaries in English
noun
1
a branch of a river that does not return to the main stream after leaving it (as in a delta).
The water mass consists of tiny hilly streams, winding seasonal creeks, muddy canals, some truly magnificent rivers and their tributaries and distributaries .
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1. A main feeder lava tunnel often branches towards the terminus of a flow rather like the distributaries of a river delta.