An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream. Local anabranches can be the result of small islands in the watercourse . In larger anabranches, the flow can diverge for a distance of several or even hundreds of kilometers before rejoining the main channel.
3-875: The River Kenwater or simply Kenwater is a short anabranch of the River Lugg , i.e. it splits from and later re-joins that river. It separates from it about 2 kilometres north-west of Leominster at 52°14′14″N 2°45′29″W / 52.2371807°N 2.7580419°W / 52.2371807; -2.7580419 ; it flows through the town and re-joins the Lugg just outside Leominster's east boundary, at 52°13′50″N 2°43′54″W / 52.2304265°N 2.7315747°W / 52.2304265; -2.7315747 . [REDACTED] Media related to River Kenwater at Wikimedia Commons 52°13′50″N 2°43′54″W / 52.2305°N 2.7318°W / 52.2305; -2.7318 This Herefordshire location article
6-603: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anabranch The term anabranch , in its hydrological meaning, is used more frequently in Australia than in the rest of the English-speaking world. The term anabranching river describes a river with many anabranches, whilst an anastomosing river
9-415: Is an organic-rich subset of this river type. The term braided river describes watercourses which are divided by small islands into multiple channel threads within a single main channel, but the term does not describe the multiple channels of an anabranching river. A distributary is a branch of a river that does not rejoin the main channel; these are common on and near river deltas . A bayou
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