- a variation of confluence.
conflux
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confluxes
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An army of 6,000 construction workers is hard at work at a large site overlooking the conflux of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in the south-western Chinese megacity of Chongqing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2018
Despite war and dereliction, Afghanistan remains a vibrant conflux of ethnic identities.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2011
The squatter camps of Diepsloot may be an unsightly conflux of scabrous shacks, but to the east, on the other side of a busy avenue, lie the rolling hills of the open veldt.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2011
This august conflux had for its focus the modest official residence of Premier Baldwin at No. 10 Downing Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
We encamped this evening at the conflux of the Simpang stream and Ipu river.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
The ruder nations had, in their way, however pitiable on the score of magnificence, their grand festive, triumphal, and demoniac confluxes and revellings.
From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John
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