Anabranch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈænəbɹæntʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anabranch is a noun meaning (hydrology, of a water channel, especially in Australia) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
Meaning
(hydrology, of a water channel, especially in Australia) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
Example Sentences
Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands.
Word Forms
- anabranches
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outbranch, tributary, outbranching, underbranch, subbranch, influent.
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