Anabranching channel

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001350",
  "term": "Anabranching channel",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Anabranching Channel",
  "definition": "1. A distributary channel that departs from the main channel, sometimes running parallel to it for several kilometers before rejoining it.\n\n2. A distributary channel that departs from the main channel, sometimes running parallel to it from several kilometers before rejoining it.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/anabranching-channel/"
}