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Meanings of distributary in English

Russian
речной рукав
Portuguese
distributário
Spanish
distributario
Catalan
canal distributari

Stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.

      речной рукав
      Usage of distributary in English
      1
      Note the exquisite distributary pattern coming out of the creek mouth.
      Wired
      2
      The below is a nice shot of sandstone-rich distributary channel-fill deposits that are encased in fine-grained carbonaceous mudstone, which is interpreted as interdistributary bay fill.
      Wired
      3
      A crowded boat in Sundarban National park, made up of 54 small islands and crisscrossed by several distributaries of the Ganges.
      Reuters
      Translations for distributary
      Portuguese
      distributário