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anabranch

[′an·ə‚branch]
(hydrology)
A diverging branch of a stream or river that loses itself in sandy soil or rejoins the main flow downstream.
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A series of side branches, or anabranches, depart from the main channel of the river, and reunite with it further downstream.
Going with the flow: sustainable water management as ontological cleaving
The Alegre and Caracara Rivers are anabranches which run in a cutoff channel from the Cuiaba River to lake Baia dos Burros and other similar large open waters.
Aquatic macrophyte diversity of the Pantanal wetland and upper basin/Diversidade de macrofitas aquaticas do Pantanal e alta bacia
At dawn a group of photographers arose for a boat trip on Ral Ral Creek, one of the anabranches of the Murray.
Engaging visions of change: visual art can speak to us in an entirely different way, opening new pathways for understanding and action. Alexandra de Bias reports on the Engaging Visions project which is documenting the environmental transformation taking place in the Murray-Darling Basin and how communities are coping with that change
Additionally, samples were collected along a transect starting from beach deposits, and moving south along the main riverbed and anabranches.
Characterising volcanic glass sources in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu
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