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

A man was sent ashore with blankets and tucker to mind the wool, and we crossed the river, butted into the anabranch, and started out back.

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

After passing some gullies, we came into a more broken and hilly country; the river formed here a large anabranch.

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

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

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

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