confluence
A joining or meeting, especially of rivers and streams; the point at which such rivers and streams meet; the combined watercourse formed by the joining.
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Solimões
Name often given to the Amazon River main channel from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Brazil and Peru. Often used interchangeably with 'Amazon' to describe this stretch.
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