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distributary N GEOG

distributary

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Once a wave- or river- distributary silts up, it is abandoned, and a new channel forms elsewhere. en.wikipedia.org

Means of communication and transport in the social structure correspond to the distributary system in an organism. en.wikipedia.org

If these channels were to be blocked, as evidence suggests, it would turn into a swamp, diverting the water into smaller distributary channels. en.wikipedia.org

During the 20th century, most of the water went into the eastern distributary, until it was dammed. en.wikipedia.org

This process is also related to the distributary network of river channels that can be observed within a river delta. en.wikipedia.org

This results in additional deposition on the upstream end of the mouth-bar, which splits the river into two distributary channels. en.wikipedia.org

The flood plain was found to have distributary channels of sand and terrigenous material. en.wikipedia.org

The abandoned distributaries diminish in volume and form what are known as bayous. en.wikipedia.org

Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, especially in their deltas. en.wikipedia.org

By the mouth it splits into two distributaries. en.wikipedia.org

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