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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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Downstream of Hume Dam, the species was seen in Lake Mulwala and a number of lagoons, backwaters or anabranches of the Murray River (Brown's Lagoon, Horseshoe Lagoon, Wonga Wetlands and Wodonga Creek at Albury-Wodonga, Torgannah Lagoon near Koonoomoo, Lake Moodemere near Wahgunyah).

Distribution of the Australian Water-rat Hydromys chrysogaster in Victoria: findings from community-based sightings and live-trapping surveys

Even where overbank flooding can occur, it is thought that the primary factor driving displacement of floodwaters from the existing channel into anabranches is the reduction in hydraulic efficiency in the main channel caused by increases in channel sinuosity over time [168, 170].

The potential for dams to impact lowland meandering river floodplain geomorphology

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. Six test pits were excavated along the lava formation and in most cases small samples of volcanic glass were recovered below 1.5m.

Characterising volcanic glass sources in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu

During the rest of the growing season, this surface is only partly inundated by the shifting anabranches of Plum Creek.