Tribe Dissolve

Tribe Absorption occurs when one tribe is absorbed into another (or multiple) before the merge. This happens in seasons with more than two initial tribes. It is first seen in  and also occurs in with a simultaneous tribe switch and  with a simultaneous tribe switch.

Tribe absorption also occured in when Ulong was down to one member, Stephenie LaGrossa, who simply joined the other tribe Koror. There was no merge that season.