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单词 anabranch
释义

anabranch

English

Etymology

From ana- (extracted from anastomosing) + branch.

Noun

anabranch (plural anabranches)

  1. (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.
  • anabranched
  • anabranching

References

  • National Weather Service (accessed 2010-03-23), “Anabranch”, in Glossary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Further reading

  • anabranch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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