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Where two rivers stop arguing and agree to be one bigger river.
means The point where two or more flowing things—rivers, ideas, events—come together and merge into one.
from From Latin 'confluere,' to flow together: 'con-' (together) plus 'fluere' (to flow). That same 'fluere' is the wellspring of a whole watershed of English words—fluid, fluent, influence, even flush—all of them carrying the sense of something running and pouring. 'Confluence' kept its literal meeting-of-rivers sense before it widened to mean any coming-together of currents.
- visible seam
- Different rivers can flow side-by-side unmixed for miles
- manaus marvel
- Amazon's dark Negro meets pale Solimoes without blending
- word roots
- Latin for flowing together, literally
- power spots
- Cities cluster at confluences for trade and water
- sacred math
- Hindus revere the Ganges-Yamuna-mythical Saraswati junction
congo kasai confluence — where the kasai river joins the congo river in democratic republic of congo, creating one of africa's largest water mergers
rhone saone confluence — where the saône meets the rhône at lyon, france, a major confluence in european geography