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A seasonal Distributary of the Kaveri river on the Kaveri delta, near Nannilam, India.

A distributary is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. They are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a tributary. Distributaries usually occur as a stream nears a lake or the ocean, but they can occur inland as well, such as in an endorheic basin, or when a tributary stream bifurcates as it nears its confluence with a larger stream. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1134x847, 194 KB) Beschreibung: Bifurkation in Melle Lizenz: GNU-FDL Quelle: aufgenommen von Benutzer:Arminia, Ausschnitt erstellt von Benutzer:LeonWeber File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Distributary... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1134x847, 194 KB) Beschreibung: Bifurkation in Melle Lizenz: GNU-FDL Quelle: aufgenommen von Benutzer:Arminia, Ausschnitt erstellt von Benutzer:LeonWeber File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Distributary... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1544x1024, 824 KB) This is a picture of a riverbed of a Distributary of the Kaveri river on the Kaveri delta, near Nannilam, Tamil Nadu, taken by User:BostonMA in August 2003 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1544x1024, 824 KB) This is a picture of a riverbed of a Distributary of the Kaveri river on the Kaveri delta, near Nannilam, Tamil Nadu, taken by User:BostonMA in August 2003 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia... Siva Samudram Falls on the Kaveri River near Mysore The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. ... Nannilam is a panchayat town in Thiruvarur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... A running stream. ... Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... The shores of Lake Hart, an endorheic desert lake in South Australia In geography, an endorheic basin—also called a terminal or closed basin—is a watershed from which there is no outflow of water, either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or...

North America

In Louisiana, for example, the Atchafalaya River splits from the Mississippi River. In some cases, a distributary can "steal" so much water from its parent that it can become the main route. This is actually a serious problem for New Orleans, because the Atchafalaya takes a steeper route to the Gulf of Mexico, and therefore takes more and more water from the Mississippi. This was recently stopped by the construction of the Old River Control Structure, a dam to control the outflow from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya. This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Atchafalaya River is a distributary of the Mississippi and Red rivers, approximately 170 mi (270 km) long, in south central Louisiana in the United States. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... The Old River Control Structure was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the confluence of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers in order to maintain the water distribution between the two at 70% and 30% respectively. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...

An example of inland distributaries is the Teton River, a tributary of Henrys Fork River in Idaho, which splits into two distributary channels, the North Fork and South Fork, which join Henrys Fork miles apart. The Teton River is a tributary of Henrys Fork of the Snake River, approximately 60 mi (97 km) long, in southeastern Idaho in the United States. ... The Henrys Fork River (also called the Henrys Fork of the Snake River) is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, in southeastern Idaho in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

South America

The Casiquiare is a distributary of the upper Orinoco, which flows southward into the Rio Negro and forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the largest river on the planet that links two major river systems. The Casiquiare is a distributary of the upper Orinoco, which flows southward into the Rio Negro. ... Bridge over the Orinoco at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (2004) The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,410 km, (1,497. ... The Negro (Spanish: black) River, the great northern tributary of the Amazon River and the largest blackwater river in the world, has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiquiare canal. ... A satellite image of the mouth of the Amazon River, looking south The Amazon River or River Amazon (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ) of South America is the most voluminous river on earth, having a greater total flow than the next six largest rivers combined. ...

Europe

The IJssel, the Waal and the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine) are the three principal distributaries of the Rhine. The Akhtuba River is a major distributary of the Volga. Satellite image of the IJssel basin River IJssel, sometimes called Gelderse IJssel (Gelderland IJssel) to avoid confusion with its Holland counterpart, is a 120 km long branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. ... Edited Satellite image of the Rhine-Waal fork, showing the beginning of river Waal (green). ... Categories: Netherlands geography stubs | Rivers of the Netherlands | Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Akhtuba River (Russian: ); also transliterated Achtuba on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga River. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ...

Asia

Other notable distributaries are the Kollidam River, a distributary of the Kaveri River, and the Hoogli River, a distributary of the Ganges River, both in India. The Kollidam (also Kolidam and sometimes Coleroon in English) is a river in southeastern India. ... Siva Samudram Falls on the Kaveri River near Mysore The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. ... The Hoogli River (alternatively spelled Hooghly) is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. ... This article is about the river. ...

Africa

The Okavango River ends in many distributaries in a large inland delta called the Okavango Delta. It is an example of distributaries that do not flow into any other body of water. The Okavango River is a river in southwest Africa. ... Elephants in the Okavango Delta seen from the dubious safety of a makoro (small boat). ...