tributary

[US]/ˈtrɪbjətri/
[UK]/ˈtrɪbjəteri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en flod eller en å, der løber ud i en større flod eller sø

adj. vedrørende eller som er en biflod; underordnet eller afhængig; der betaler tribut
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

tributary river

sideflod

main tributary

hovedsideflod

tributary system

sideflodssystem

largest tributary

største sideflod

Example Sentences

a tributary of the Columbia River

en biflod til Columbia River

There was a tributary road near the end of the village.

Der var en biflodvej nær enden af landsbyen.

the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi.

Illinois River, en biflod til Mississippi.

About half the 22 Ovimbundu chiefdoms were tributary to a larger chiefdom before Portuguese intervention in the 20th century.

Omkring halvdelen af de 22 Ovimbundu-høvdingdømmer var tributtributter til et større høvdingdømme før portugisisk intervention i det 20. århundrede.

The so-called "tributary schools" are kinds of forky phenomena examined from different perspectives.

De såkaldte "tributærskoler" er former for forgrening af fænomener undersøgt fra forskellige perspektiver.

Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack og Dawson Charlie opdager guld i en biflod til Yukon-floden i Canada, hvilket udløser Klondike-guldrushen.

The area above Chashang Section in the Beishi River Valley, a tributary of Fen River, is made up of forested and unforested lands in one and the other.

Området over Chashang Section i Beishi River Valley, en bifloder til Fen River, består af skovklædt og ikke-skovklædt jord.

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