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In geography a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. Known also as a conflux it refers either to the point where a tributary joins a larger river called the main stem or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name.
1. Confluence of the Rhone and Arve Rivers in Geneva Switzerland
2. Confluence of the Ilz Danube and Inn Rivers in Passau Germany
3. Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo IL USA
4. Confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers in Chongqing China
5. Confluence of the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimoes near Manaus Brazil
6. Confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in
Canyonlands National Park Utah USA
7. Confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in Lytton BC Canada
8. Confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers in Devprayag India
9. Confluece of the Mosel and Rhine Rivers in Koblenz Germany
10. Confluence of the Drava and Danuve Rivers near Osijek Croatia