anabranch
English
Etymology
From ana- (“extracted from anastomosing”) + branch.
Noun
anabranch (plural anabranches)
- (hydrology, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
- 1834, Colonel Jackson, "Hints on the Subject of Geographical Arrangement and Nomenclature", in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 4
- 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.
- 1834, Colonel Jackson, "Hints on the Subject of Geographical Arrangement and Nomenclature", in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Volume 4
Related terms
- anabranched
- anabranching
References
- National Weather Service (accessed 2010-03-23), “Anabranch”, in Glossary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Further reading
- anabranch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia