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A confluence is where two rivers join together.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoA confluence is the point where two or more rivers merge or flow into each other to form one. The term tributary is the one we assign to either river that is flowing/feeding into another.
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∙ 11y agoconfluence is the same as a drainage basin and tributary is the same as the source
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∙ 11y agoThe location where two rivers meet.
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What is the point where two rivers meet?
The place where two rivers meet is called a confluence.
What is the name given to the point a tributary joins a larger river?
confluence
What is the difference between a tributary and a distributary?
Tributary - flows into Distributary - flows out of
What is it called where two rivers join?
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. ... A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet together, usually refers to the joining of tributaries.
What is a small river that joins a bigger one?
The join of a small river (a tributary) joins a larger river (the main river) is called a confluence.
What is the name of place where two or more rivers meet?
It is called the River Confluence. The smaller river being a tributary to the larger river.
What is the term for the meeting of two rivers?
It can either be a tributary or a distributary, where a river joins another or separate from one respectively.It is called a confluence. A tributary is a smaller river joining a larger one. A distributary is a river flowing into the sea.
What does the term confluence mean?
As especially applied to river systems or to the circulatory (blood) system, a confluence means a joining, a flowing together, as a tributary does with a larger river.
What is the location of the confluence of the two rivers that create the largest tributary to the Mississippi River?
Pitssburgh,Pensylvania
The Missouri river is a tributary of whick larger river?
1. First of all, a tributary is a river that flows into a larger river. 2. A Missouri river a tributary. 3. THE major river of which the Missouri River is a tributary is the Mississippi River. The confluence of the Missouri River with the Mississippi River is at St. Charles, Missouri, located just north of St. Louis. 4.The Missouri River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River, being not much smaller at point of confluence.
Stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called?
Tributary is the answer you are looking for, I believe.
What is the difference between a River and a tributary?
A stream that runs into another stream or river is called a tributary. A river and all of it's tribunes together is a river system.
