Anabranching
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Splitting around mid-channel islands that are roughly three times the width of the channel at full discharge. not-comparable
"Work on anabranching channels has been restricted mainly to the alluvial plains of the Murray and the Murrumbidgee, where the anabranches -- offshoots -- rejoin the original trunk or unite with a next-neighbouring trunk, sometimes after a distance of tens of miles."
Example
More examples"Work on anabranching channels has been restricted mainly to the alluvial plains of the Murray and the Murrumbidgee, where the anabranches -- offshoots -- rejoin the original trunk or unite with a next-neighbouring trunk, sometimes after a distance of tens of miles."
Etymology
From ana- + branching.
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