Question

A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream is known as ______ ?
A. Tributary
B. Distributary
C. Meander
D. Estuary

Answer 1

Hint:
A branch of the river that flows from the main stream is known as a distribution. The distributaries form mainly on the river deltas. The phenomenon of distribution formation is known as bifurcation. The distributaries are usually in the form of a stream near a lake or sea. There is a tributary opposite a distribution.

Complete answer:
A distribution, or a distribution channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. The distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as the bisection of the river. There is a tributary opposite a distribution. Distributors are found where a stream is near a lake or ocean. They may also occur in the alluvial, on alluvial fans, or where a tributary is bisected, as it is near its confluence with a large stream. In some cases, a minor distribution may divert so much water from the main channel that it can become the main passage.

In South America Louisiana, the Mississippi River is an important branch of the Atchafalaya River. Because Atchafalaya traverses a tighter path to the Gulf of Mexico than Mississippi, Atikafalaya has captured more of the Mississippi flow over the decades, after flowing into the Red River south of the Mississippi. The Old River Control Structure, a dam that controls the outflow from the Mississippi at Atchafalaya, was completed by the Army Branch of Engineers in 1963. The dam is intended to capture the main flow of the Mississippi and prevent Atchafalaya from arbitrage ports at the Cabitan Rouge and New Orleans .

 In British Columbia, Canada, the Fraser River has many sloughs and side channels which can be defined as distributaries. The last part of this river has three main distributaries: the northern branch and the south branch, and some smaller ones adjacent to it.

Europe - The Rhine is the three major distributors of IJssel, Wal and Nederrijn (Lower Rhine). These are formed by two different bifurcations within the Rhine – Mews – Skelt delta. The Volga is a major branch of the river in Akhtuba. The bisection is closer, but first, the Volga delta. Tärendö River in northern Sweden is an inland branch, far from the mouth of the river. It starts on the Torne River and ends on the Kalix River. Closed branches from Slovakia in the Little Danube near the Danube Bratislava, and flows into Komárno before rejoining the main river near Vah. The central region is Europe's largest freshwater island. The River Shannon is a branch branch in the Abbey River, Limerick, Ireland. It joins Shannon to form an island, on which King John's palace is built.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
When we talk about India then The Kollim River is a distribution of the Kaveri River. Rivers including the Himalayan Ganga, Brahmaputra and the Indus Plus and many tributaries form the greater inland distributary alluvial fans as they transition from the mountainous region of the flat to the Indo-Gangetic plain. These areas are highly flood prone, for example the 2008 Bihar floods on the Kosi River. The Hooghly River is a Ganges distribution that flows through India, while most of the Ganges-Brahmaputra complex enters the sea through Bangladesh. The Nara River is a tributary of the Indus River.