tributary

[US]/ˈtrɪbjətri/
[UK]/ˈtrɪbjəteri/
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Translation

n. un río o arroyo que fluye hacia un río o lago más grande

adj. relacionado con o que es un afluente; subordinado o dependiente; pagando tributo
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

tributary river

río tributario

main tributary

tributario principal

tributary system

sistema de tributarios

largest tributary

tributario más grande

Example Sentences

a tributary of the Columbia River

un afluente del río Columbia

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

Había un camino secundario cerca del final del pueblo.

the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi.

el río Illinois, un afluente del río Mississippi.

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

Alrededor de la mitad de los 22 cacicazgos Ovimbundu eran tributarios de un cacicazgo más grande antes de la intervención portuguesa en el siglo XX.

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

Las llamadas "escuelas tributarias" son tipos de fenómenos ramificados examinados desde diferentes perspectivas.

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 y Dawson Charlie descubren oro en un afluente del río Klondike en Canadá, lo que desató la fiebre del oro del Klondike.

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.

El área sobre la Sección Chashang en el Valle del Río Beishi, un afluente del Río Fen, está compuesta de tierras boscosas y no boscosas.

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