confluence

     

Confluence, in geography, escribes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem, when that major river is also the highest order stream in the drainage basin.

Trivia about confluence

  • From the Latin for "flowing together", it's where 2 or more streams flow together to form one
  • It's the point where 2 or more rivers join to flow as one
  • Derived from Latin, it's the 10-letter term for the place where 2 or more rivers flow together

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