The smaller river is a tributary to the big one.
During the civil war, the north tended to name their battles after the nearest body of water (usually a river or a stream, etc.) while the south tended to name theirs after the nearest town. Thus we have the confusion over Antietam (north)/sharpsburg (south) or bull run (north)/manassas (south).
An aquifer.
The name of the river does not necessarily have to come first, but it generally does. There is no problem, however, with saying the name of the river second e.g. Murray River.
The name of the river is the Mississippi River.
Mississippi is the name of a river and a state.
tributary is the collective term A tributary is a smaller stream which flows into a larger river. The name of an individual stream depends on the size of the stream. It may be a river or a creek or a canal if it is manmade.
The difference between a river and a stream is the name applied to it by local residents, and relative size. In the same region, something called a river is usually larger than something called a stream. However, something that is called a river in one place could be the same size as something called a stream in another place.
A tributary.
A tributary.
Creek
It is a tributary.
Small river.
A tributary
banks
It is called the River Confluence. The smaller river being a tributary to the larger river.
Stream isn't it suppose to be Creeck
A waterfall.