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Atchafalaya vs Distributary - What's the difference?

atchafalaya | distributary |

As a proper noun Atchafalaya

is river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.

As a noun distributary is

a branch of a river delta; a channel that distributes a river's waters into the sea, as with the Atchafalaya River of the Mississippi.

atchafalaya

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • River in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.

    • distributary

    English

    Noun

    (distributaries)
  • (hydrology) A branch of a river delta; a channel that distributes a river's waters into the sea, as with the Atchafalaya River of the Mississippi.

    • Antonyms

    *tributary