confluence
The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
Example
“The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.”
Other meanings
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
Synonyms
- meeting
Related words
- hyperconfluence
- nonconfluence
- subconfluence
- overconfluence
- postconfluence
- preconfluence
Word history
From Latin "cōnfluentia" (a flowing together, conflux).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “confluence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.