Tributary vs. Confluence

Tributarynoun

A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

Tributarynoun

A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Tributaryadjective

Related to the paying of tribute.

Tributaryadjective

subordinate; inferior

Tributaryadjective

Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

Tributaryadjective

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Tributaryadjective

Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

Tributaryadjective

Paid in tribute.

Tributaryadjective

Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Tributarynoun

A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

Tributarynoun

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.

Tributarynoun

a branch that flows into the main stream

Tributaryadjective

of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

Tributaryadjective

paying tribute;

Tributaryadjective

tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.

Confluencenoun

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

Confluencenoun

The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

Confluencenoun

A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

Confluencenoun

(biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other

Confluencenoun

(computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Confluencenoun

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

Confluencenoun

Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

Confluencenoun

a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers);

Confluencenoun

a flowing together

Confluencenoun

a coming together of people

Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together 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 at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end.