Flowing together; meeting and uniting in a stream or current, especially of rivers or liquids.
From co- + fluent (from Latin fluens, flowing, from fluere, to flow). A geographical and hydrological term describing water systems that merge.
Rivers that are 'coeffluent' create dramatic moments in geography—the Amazon's tributaries, the Danube's confluences—and the word reflects how water systems are ultimately democratic, joining together regardless of size or origin.
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