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The many small streams that come together at the source of a river are called what?

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Answer: tributary

A tributary are collection of small streams that come together into a mainstream river or a lake. It does not flow directly into the ocean for water from the small stream will flow into the drainage basin and groundwater before leading out into an ocean.

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