English Dictionary

anabranch

名詞

of属格

(hydrology, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.

日本語の意味

川、渓流などの水路が本流から分かれて流れた後、再び本流に合流する分岐水路。またはそのような水路自体。

The canoeists paused to study the anabranch before choosing which channel to follow.

カヌー乗りたちは、どの水路を進むか決める前に、本流に再び合流する分流を観察するために立ち止まった。

意味（1）

(hydrology, 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.

anabranches （ plural ）