A tributary or feeder stream Streams receiving the run-off from the watershed and flowing into the lake are its affluents; analogous to the affluent of a river The analogy can be very close where a lake has large inflowing and outflowing streams and is located in a valley or elongated basin In usage, the term may have the same meaning as influent; although where the reference is to a single inflowing stream, the word influent appears to be the preferred one See Influent and Inlet
If you are affluent, you have a lot of money. Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people. = prosperous, wealthy The affluent are people who are affluent. The diet of the affluent has not changed much over the decades. having plenty of money, nice houses, expensive things etc = wealthy (present participle of affluere , from ad- + fluere )
an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents" having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations