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confluence
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thumb|Confluence of the Bhagirathi and [[Alaknanda Rivers at the Ganges in Devprayag, India]] thumb|The same confluence viewed from upstream at a different time; note the swirl of sediment from the Alaknanda River
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- waterway=confluence
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- Confluences
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000272
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19 sectionsContents
- Scientific study
- Flow zones
- Engineering
- Cultural and societal significance
- Notable confluences
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- Seine
- Rhine
- Danube basin
- Other
- North America
- South America
- Confluences of non-rivers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Confluence of the Bhagirathi and [[Alaknanda Rivers at the Ganges in Devprayag, India]] thumb|The same confluence viewed from upstream at a different time; note the swirl of sediment from the Alaknanda River
In geography, a confluence (also conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, forming the Ohio River); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin downstream from their point of separation.