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Mon Nov-29-10 01:08 PM
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In search of a word

What is the opposite of a tributary? Instead of a stream that flows into a river, what would you call a stream that breaks away and follows a different course from the main body? It probably wouldn't last very long, maybe just during flooding, but it's definitely a different body from the main river course?

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jotsy

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Mon Nov-29-10 11:36 PM
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1. irrigation ditch,

siphon channel?

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jtuck004

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Tue Nov-30-10 01:11 AM
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2. A fork. n/t

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nuxvomica

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Tue Nov-30-10 07:09 AM
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3. A "distributary"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributary

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Tue Nov-30-10 10:31 AM
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4. Thanks everybody! They're all going to be helpful

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