Wikidata:Property proposal/distributary

distributary

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Natural science

   Done: distributary (P5998) (Talk and documentation)

Description	stream that branches off and flows away from the river
Represents	distributary (Q591942)
Data type	Item
Domain	Wikidata property for items about bodies of water (Q24041622)
Example	Naka River (Q2613967) → Shin-Naka River (Q11501117) Katabira River (Q11481286) → Aratama River (Q20043015)
See also	origin of the watercourse (P885), mouth of the watercourse (P403)

Motivation

Tributaries are referred by tributary (P974). Why not the distributaries? --トトト (talk) 12:00, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

 Info I have added a few examples.

• Rhine (Q584) → IJssel (Q217818) (Netherlands)
  
• Rhine (Q584) → Waal (Q216171) (Netherlands)
  
• Rhine (Q584) → Nederrijn (Q1152951) (Netherlands)
  
• Mississippi River (Q1497) → Atchafalaya River (Q753931) (United States)
  

--トトト (talk) 22:01, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support David (talk) 08:18, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Support. Also notified WD:WikiProject Rivers. --Yair rand (talk) 19:02, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment Can you give more examples, (some outside of Japan), I'm feeling that it will be an inverse of origin of the watercourse (P885) Nepalicoi (talk) 17:25, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

@ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, Nepalicoi, トトト, Yair rand:  Done: distributary (P5998). − Pintoch (talk) 19:47, 24 October 2018 (UTC)