connected to
in branching relationship with
tributary of
This relation can be used for geographic features (e.g. rivers) as well as anatomical structures (veins, arteries)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary
tributary channel of
http://www.medindia.net/glossary/venous_tributary.htm
drains to
drains into
Deschutes River tributary_of Columbia River
inferior epigastric vein tributary_of external iliac vein
x tributary_of y if and only if x a channel for the flow of a substance into y, where y is larger than x. If x and y are hydrographic features, then y is the main stem of a river, or a lake or bay, but not the sea or ocean. If x and y are anatomical, then y is a vein.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary
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