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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).
Tributary tree [ edit ] The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor tributaries of the Colorado River branch off from the main river and from each other.
Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River tributary) P. List of tributaries of the Potomac River; R. List of tributaries of the Rio Grande; S.
Map of the Missouri River watershed The White River flowing into the Missouri River and coloring it with clay. Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order.
It flows west to east starting in Colorado and dumping into the Mississippi River. Its length of 1,469 miles (2,364 km) allows it to flow through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It is the sixth-longest river in the US, the second-longest tributary to the Mississippi River System, and the 45th longest river in the world. [11]
Side valleys and tributary valleys are valleys whose brooks or rivers flow into greater ones. Upstream, the valleys can be classified in an increasing order which is equivalent to the usual orographic order : the tributaries are ordered from those nearest to the source of the river to those nearest to the mouth of the river .
Waterway Orientation Length (km) River flow at Discharge Mouth coordinates Mouth location Source coordinates Source location Apple River: Left 89
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 ...