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distributary [də′strib·yə‚ter·ē] (hydrology) An irregular branch flowing out from a main stream and not returning to it, as in a delta. Also known as distributary channel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| South of these ridges is Roberts Bank Channel, Canoe Passage Channel and the Roberts Bank Failure Complex (Hart and Barrie, 1995), is an area of partially exposed relict distributary channels and channel failures (Fig. These sediments contain diamonds associated with weak magnetic features in the former and present distributary system of fluviatile sediments off the mouths of rivers in S. |
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