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The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of 4,248 km (2,640 mi). The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of 31,200 m 3 /s (1.1 million cu ft/s).
The bunga mas, a form of tribute sent to the King of Ayutthaya from its vassal states in the Malay Peninsula. A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power (the suzerain). [1]
A diagram of a possible river with the Strahler number of each tributary labeled. In hydrology, a stream order is a positive integer used to describe the level of river branching in a drainage basin. [18] Several systems of stream order exist, one of which is the Strahler number. In this system, the first tributaries of a river are 1st order ...
The tributary envoys' kowtowing before the Chinese emperor as "a symbolic recognition of their inferiority" and "acknowledgment of their status of a vassal state" [24] The presentation of tribute and receipt of the emperor's "vassals' gifts" [24] The investiture of the tributary state's ruler as the legitimate king of his land [24]
The Des Moines River (/ d ə ˈ m ɔɪ n / ⓘ) is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately 525 miles (845 km) long from its farther headwaters. [2]
The tributary relationship between China and Korea was established during the Three Kingdoms of Korea, [16] [17] but in practice it was only a diplomatic formality to strengthen legitimacy and gain access to cultural goods from China. [18]
Yazoo stream [1]. A Yazoo stream (also called a Yazoo tributary [2]) is a geologic and hydrologic term for any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of a larger river for considerable distance, before eventually joining it.
Each headwater is considered one of the river's sources, as it is the place where surface runoffs from rainwater, meltwater and/or spring water begin accumulating into a more substantial and consistent flow that becomes a first-order tributary of that river. The tributary with the longest course downstream of the headwaters is regarded as the ...