confluence
[kon-floo-uhns]
noun
a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
their place of junction: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
a coming together of people or things; concourse.
a crowd or throng; assemblage.
Also con·flux [kon-fluhks] /ˈkɒn flʌks/.
Origin of confluence
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Charleston is situated at the conflux of the rivers Ashley and Cooper.
Travels in North America, From Modern WritersWilliam Bingley
Namur is situated on the conflux of the Meuse and the Sambre.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.Tobias Smollett
Athelney, a morass formed by the conflux of the Thone and the Parret.
Old English ChroniclesVarious
I remember at Lyons to have been taken to see the conflux of the Rhone and the Sane.
Lord ChathamArchibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
There appeared no conflux of men in obedience to the proclamation.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII.Arthur Mee
confluence
conflux (ˈkɒnflʌks)
noun
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