confluence

Examples

• All

• Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province, situated at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers.

  Academic text (1992)

• Portland, which straddled the Willamette River near its confluence with the mighty Columbia River, almost tripled in size between 1900 and 1920.

  Academic text (1998)

• And yes, I find it easy to believe that there is something about the confluence of the rivers coming together.

  The Mothman Legacy (2020)

• And so we return to the two rivers of spirit on whose confluence Europe is born.

  Academic text (1999)

• Allison watches as they step away from the others and view the great confluence of waters.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The country straddles the floodplain's confluence of three great rivers: the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna.

  Academic text (1993)

• Twice, in 1886 and 1907, raging waters at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers destroyed the city of Sacramento.

  Academic text (2017)

• The village was located at the confluence of two major rivers, making it a popular spot for fishermen.

• During our hike, we reached the confluence where the two streams merged into one.

• The map clearly indicates the confluence of the rivers, which is a beautiful place to visit.

Synonyms

J

junction

vsconfluence

61 3.0

A place where several roads, rivers, or train tracks meet

is specifically a river place where streams meet and become one

C

conflux

vsconfluence

1 9.0

A place where rivers, ideas, or cultures come together

is a physical place where rivers or streams join and form one

Antonyms

S

separation

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

D

divergence

2 6.7

A movement away from a common point, like rivers branching from a main channel

How Big

delta

12 3.3

estuary

13 4.7

confluence

4 7.2

tributary

15 4.6

stream

244 1.0

rivulet

5 7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology