tributary in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tributary in the English»French Dictionary

I.tributary [Brit ˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri, Am ˈtrɪbjəˌtɛri] N

1. tributary (gen) GEOG:

tributary

affluent m

2. tributary (owing tribute):

tributary form

tributaire m

II.tributary [Brit ˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri, Am ˈtrɪbjəˌtɛri] ADJ

1. tributary:

tributary stream

tributaire

tributary road

secondaire

2. tributary form nation:

tributary

tributaire

Translations for tributary in the French»English Dictionary

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affluent

tributary

être tributaire de qc fleuve:

to be a tributary of sth, to flow into sth

tributary in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tributary in the English»French Dictionary

tributary <-ies> [ˈtrɪbjətəri, Am -teri] N GEO

tributary

affluent m

Translations for tributary in the French»English Dictionary

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tributaire

tributary

affluent

tributary

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English

At the height of empire, the organization of the state into tributary and strategic provinces saw an elaboration of this system.

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Sometimes waterfalls of various dimensions are formed when tributary streams join the master stream from great height forming hanging valleys.

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There were other tributary payers from other regions of the world as well.

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A major tributary is the hemiazygos vein, a similar structure on the opposite side of the vertebral column.

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Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is about 220 mi.

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It is a tributary of the Rhone, which it enters from the right bank.

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The main stem, headwaters, and an unnamed tributary -- 140 miles of streams in total -- were designated wild in 1980.

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Upper-river tribes caught steelhead and salmon, often by building weirs across tributary streams.

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During this period many tributary streambeds were used as impromptu logging roads.

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Despite this, the region eventually was conquered and made a tributary of the Aztec empire.

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