#tributary : paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace

- French: affluent

- German: der Nebenfluss

- Italian: affluente

- Portuguese: tributário

- Spanish: afluente

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The Big River is a minor #tributary of the #MississippiRiver in western #Wisconsin in the #UnitedStates. It flows for its entire 12.8-mile (20.6 km) length in western #PierceCounty, rising in the town of #RiverFalls and flowing south-southwestwardly into the town of #OakGrove. It enters the Mississippi River about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of #Prescott.

#tributary : paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace

- French: affluent

- German: der Nebenfluss

- Italian: affluente

- Portuguese: tributário

- Spanish: afluente

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#tributary : paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace

- French: affluent

- German: der Nebenfluss

- Italian: affluente

- Portuguese: tributário

- Spanish: afluente

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

The rivers that science says shouldn't exist

Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how waterways and basins are supposed to work. But rules are made to be broken. In the journal Water Resources Research, Sowby and Siegel lay out nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations.

Phys.org