English-Finnish translations for tributary

Definition of tributary

  • A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water
  • Related to the paying of tribute
  • Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing

Examples

  • The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

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