The English Oracle

What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?

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00:00 What Is A Suitable Word To Describe A Place Where Two Rivers Meet?
00:17 Accepted Answer Score 109
00:31 Answer 2 Score 1
00:42 Answer 3 Score 5
01:00 Answer 4 Score 10
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 109


In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where two streams flow together, merging into a single stream.




ANSWER 2

Score 10


You can also use the word junction, as in the

junction of the Grand and the Green

near Moab, Utah.




ANSWER 3

Score 5


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.




ANSWER 4

Score 1


You could also use the word "fork" which is less formal. A watershed is all of the land area that a given body of water drains.