anabranch

American  

[an-uh-branch, -brahnch] / ˈæn əˌbræntʃ, -ˌbrɑntʃ /

noun

1. a stream branching off from a river and rejoining it further downstream.

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anabranch British  

/ ˈɑːnəˌbrɑːntʃ /

noun

1. a stream that leaves a river and enters it again further downstream

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Etymology

Origin of anabranch

1825–35; short for anastomotic branch. See anastomosis

Example Sentences

Some stockmen looking after the company’s cattle on an anabranch of Cornish Creek, were surrounded by water, and lived on jerked beef for a month.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

An arm or anabranch, at first containing much water, and coming from the north, was on our right for some miles.

From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas

The creek here has an anabranch that leaves it about half a mile above and joins again about half a mile below; width of island half a mile.

From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by McKinlay, John

Fine water-holes were passed at a short half-mile from our camp; and, after crossing the northern anabranch of the river, we again found water.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

A few miles farther we came to an anabranch of the creek, which turned considerably to the westward.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig