Main stem

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

Class

Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

In hydrology, a main stem or mainstem (also known as a trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".

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