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A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river ; or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, forming the Ohio River); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at ...
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles (240 km) long, [2] in northeastern Iowa in the United States. Its watershed covers 1,694 square miles (4,387 km 2 ) [ 3 ] within a rural region of rolling hills and farmland southwest of Dubuque .
Tributary may refer to the following: Tributary, a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea; Tributary by Robert La Fosse and Robert Garland, 2000; Tributary, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Douglas County; Tributary state
The Amur proper is 2,824 km (1,755 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km 2 (716,000 sq mi). [1] [9] If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is 4,444 km (2,761 mi) long, [9] [2] making it the world's tenth longest river. The Amur is an important river for the aquatic fauna of Northeast Asia.
The Nishnabotna River (/ n ɪ ʃ n ə ˈ b ɑː t n ə /) is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River. The east and west branches are each ...
The River Churn is the first tributary river of the River Thames.It rises in the Cotswolds at Seven Springs, south of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England and flows south across the Cotswold dip slope, passing through North Cerney and Cirencester, and joining the Thames in the parish of Cricklade in Wiltshire.
Map of the Des Plaines River drainage basin. The Des Plaines River (/ d ɪ s ˈ p l eɪ n z / diss-PLAYNZ) is a river that flows southward for 133 miles (214 km) [2] through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois [3] in the United States Midwest, eventually meeting the Kankakee River west of Channahon to form the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River.
The Vrishabhavathi River is a minor river, a tributary of the Arkavathy, that flows through the south of the Indian city of Bangalore. [1] The river was once so pristine that the water from it was used for drinking and used by the famous Gali Anjaneya temple but is now highly polluted due to pollutants from industrial, agricultural and domestic sources.