Talk:Tributary
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#REDIRECT Strike-through text</nowiki> Can they really overflow causing massive flooding?
Somebody answer!!!!!!!
I think that they can. I heard it on the news.
Having a diagram forthis article can make it better. The League of Crazy Men 11:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Please don't put here the Dutch wikilinks as there both tributaries and distributaries are treated. Or else there will be a mess in wikilinks. Andres 12:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Ya
[edit] Consistent Use of term Tributary in Wikipedia
What is and What is not a tributary of a larger river or body of water? If there is no DIRECT connection between the so-called tributary and its parent water, is it a tributary? What I am looking for here is some consistent application of the term to articles on rivers and lakes within Wikipedia.
I personally believe that unless there is a DIRECT connection between the two named waters at a confluence, the lesser water should not be listed as a tributary of the greater water. For example: I would contend that the Firehole River in Wyoming is not a tributary of the Missouri River, but instead a tributary of the Madison River. If this logic is not applied, then articles about very large or significant waters might literally contain 1000's of tributary references. For example, if I were to include Rocky Creek as tributary of the Mississippi River, I would not be totally incorrect as it does flow into the E. Gallatin River, Gallatin River, Missouri River into the Mississippi.
I have posted this on the Confluence talk page as well. If there is a better place to post, let me know?
--Mike Cline 14:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
