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When a smaller river joins a larger river, it is called a tributary. Tributaries do not join lakes, seas, or oceans directly, but first meets another river.
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When two rivers of roughly equal size join, that can be called a confluence.
If you were Cherokee, you might call it tanasi, a word applied to the place where rivers now know as the Holston and French Broad flow together. White settlers altered the word into Tennessee, a name applied to the river downstream from that confluence, and later to the state.
- You dont need to waffle on like that, its a tributary - for anyone who dosent want to read the above
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What are a group of rivers that eventually join as one called?
Confluence-a point at which two or more rivers become one. Confluence- a point where tow or more rivers/streams become one.
What does a river confluence mean?
Confluence means flowing together. Two streams can join to make a larger stream.
Where two or more rivers come together?
the allegheny and monongahela rivers come together and form the Ohio river in Pittsburgh....
How do you divide a half trapezoid in to 3 parts?
Mark two point an ony two sides. Join these with lines that do not intersect within the shape.Mark two point an ony two sides. Join these with lines that do not intersect within the shape.Mark two point an ony two sides. Join these with lines that do not intersect within the shape.Mark two point an ony two sides. Join these with lines that do not intersect within the shape.
When two second order streams join they form a?
a boundary for a subwatershed denoted by a third order stream
Topographic rise between two streams is called?
Divide
Suppose I Have Two Streams Each Stream Has Known Flow Rate and Composition and Freezing Point Is There Any Empirical Formula To Calculate The Freezing Point Of a Blend Of Those Streams?
No, this is impossible by calculation
What does confleunce mean?
a place where two rivers or streams join to become one : a situation in which two things come together or happen at the same time
What two rivers join at Sutter's point?
American and Feather
What forms when two lateral moraines join?
When two lateral moraines join it causes unconsolidated derbies on valley walls and the streams through the valley. This will carry on until the glacier melts.
A query that includes a join of two columns in the same table is called?
self join
What is it called to join or unite two plants?
To graft
