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Confluence of rivers is defined as a meeting point of two or more rivers. In other words it usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a major river, called the mainstream. In general, downstream of the confluence, the river having the combined flow of rivers/streams is known as the main stream, but in some cases a new name is also given to the river after the meeting of two streams/rivers. Two examples of confluence of rivers are given below (Figures 1 and 2).
Confluence of Spiti river with Satluj river in the Himachal Pradesh (India).
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Chaudhary, A. (2011). Confluence of Rivers. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_74
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