anabranch
noun/ˈænəbɹæntʃ/ · /ˈænəbɹɑːntʃ/
Etymology From ana- (“extracted from anastomosing”) + branch.
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Geography, Hydrology, Natural sciences Especially, In Australia, Of a water channel A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
- 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:
- Derived terms
- anabranched, anabranching
- Hyponyms
- Anabranch North, Anabranch South