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Question

My husband and his dad asked me what is it called when two rivers connect into one river.Ok so anybody know this answer, because I have not got a clue.

Answer 1

Confluence- when 2 rivers of almost the same size and discharge converge into one river.

Tributary - when one minor river connects into the bigger one.

Answer 2

Confluence

Answer 3

The word you are looking for is - confluence - which literally means flowing together. (From the Latin verb - confluere - to flow together.)

The term can be applied to two or more rivers or streams flowing together at the same point.

Answer 4

tributary

Answer 5

a tributary is the river that runs into the other, that is the closest term to what you are thinking of that i can come up with.