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Sentence Examples Located on a low hill above the confluence of the Naddle beck and the river Greta surrounded by high mountains. Those fine words a product of the confluence of cultures, building upon so much carnage, so much misunderstanding, so much senseless waste. This seemingly random confluence of contrasting fabrics subverts the tie's traditional role. They set up their humble shanties at the confluence of the Lumpur and Klang rivers. There is a strange confluence in smoking between social acceptability and the physiological addictiveness of the nicotine itself. About a day's walk upstream from the confluence of the Shields and Yellowstone rivers, a sandstone bluff looms above the willow bottomland. The language of Belin's poetry is a rich confluence of Navajo storytelling, urban realism, and intimate personal revelation. This confluence happens 100 yards behind Bath railway station, and matches the city's nicety of line. Situated as it was at the confluence of two rivers, and yet deep inland, it was secure and at the same time easily accessible to traders. The large, stone main building sits on a bluff above the confluence of two rivers. He was on one large North Canterbury sheep station in a swampy area at the confluence of the Pahau and Hurunui Rivers. The loud light, and the views to the confluence of several estuaries and to several headlands and beyond them the sea are transfixing. But the bigger reason behind this bundle of contradictions is a confluence of technological shifts. Along from Waiotahe is the confluence of two rivers, the Waioweka and Otara. These cells had been passaged through 14 passages and were grown to confluence in 35 mm culture dishes. It was, indeed, a confluence of active minds from various schools in Madurai district. The Sangameshwar temple is at the confluence of rivers Alaknanda, Varuna and Shastri and gets submerged during monsoon. The confluence of the two rivers also stands as a natural boundary separating three countries Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was an enactment of a rhetorical confluence and epistemological crossfertilization between science and art. So the confluence of these two trends is definitely going to result in medical device companies spending more money against the consumer. Show More Sentences They are strategically positioned on mountainsides, on the confluence of two rivers or overlooking valley entrances. He established his weather control scheme in the land surrounding the confluence of two rivers. The confluence of the rivers Ouse and Fosse was a naturally attractive site to the military mind. Roman remains have been located at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Fleet. It now boasts of a fountain park, a rare spot of colour on a rather confusing confluence of roads. The confluence of Western trends and old values is brought out at every turn. There can be no doubt of the existence of a culture whose roots were formed by the confluence of folk Portuguese and African traditions. The confluence of haiku and jazz in his poems is based on the expression of natural, spontaneous responses to human life. Iraq and Egypt formed the confluence of ancient cultures with age-old traditions of their own. So, in other words, another international confluence of hot wind and gassy rhetoric thus comes to pass. The confluence of these changes has engendered much planning and implementation activity within the financial industry. Their Yurok neighbors have rights along the lower 40 miles of the Klamath, from the mouth to the Trinity confluence. Alternatively, you could hire a bike and follow the course of the River Loir from Vendome to its confluence with the Sarthe. Ending up bobbing in the ocean at the mercy of what might be a confluence of different currents is another matter entirely. That, as it turned out, was a fortunate confluence of events, of which more anon. They make a similarly ironic point about the confluence of minimalist forms of art and the larger imperatives of social and economic power. Machine translation is at the confluence of linguistics and computer science. I watched cabin cruisers arc through the large triangular confluence, then, my detour done, wandered back for the walk proper. Such an impression of homogeneity would seem to result from the confluence of two discrete but interrelated trends. Like other arts in Mexico, Talavera ware reflects the confluence of cultures in form and ornament to create a distinctive Puebla style. Show More Sentences Every window was taped to protect us from explosions and at the confluence of those strips of tape there appeared a Magen David. According to the publication the waterfall lies on the confluence of the East Lumwana and Mumbezhi rivers. Demand reduction and optimization of the sustainment footprint is the result of the confluence of the other three concepts. It has gone from an ecstatic confluence of societal change and economic opportunity to a fusty business institution. The boatramp is situated on the Fraser fairly close to the confluence of the Harrison river, and it was on the lower Harrison that we dropped anchor. It sits on the border with Austria at the confluence of two rivers. It is also a fact that the sense of crisis that emerged in this historical confluence would be a theme that Heidegger the philosopher would retain his entire career. Over the years, each of these artists has exhibited separately, showing works that deal in varying ways with the confluence of biology, technology and art. On the river Earn, there is an Inver at the confluence of the Powaffray. These confluence levels allowed traders to see where a stock, future, commodity, or currency had the greatest probability of pausing or reversing on intraday charts. The confluence of invisibility, indeterminacy, and contagion understandably generates anxiety and encourages behaviour that reduces risk of exposure. Today, there is a confluence of developments that is more than subtle. Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech. It may have been a confluence of factors, but going bald eagle became not so much a choice as an expectation. A confluence of events so seemingly magical made for a mostly charmed film shoot. In honor of the confluence of Memorial Day and Shavuot, Open Zion is taking the day off. One aspect of how bad the Middle East could get this year lies in the confluence of events in Syria and Iraq. By around 5,000 BC a focus had developed at the confluence of the Nene and a small tributary, where people stopped to light fires, knap flint, and perform domestic tasks. At the confluence of agrarian and suburban landscapes, the building's encompassment of so many forces and imagery without is a productive strategy. We recognize that funding is but one indicator of support, but the confluence of events described above has created a hostile environment for the LGBTI community. Show More Sentences Sited at the confluence of the Saone and Rhone rivers in Lyons, the futuristic megastructure is conceived as a hybridisation of museum and urban leisure space. In Moscow there is strange confluence of physical and poetical landscapes. The current shortage is the result of a confluence of three major factors. Beginning with the confluence with the Neisse River and continuing to just above Szczecin, the Oder becomes the borderline between Poland and Germany. Flooding was extensive, especially in the Stockbridge area, with the River Worth bursting its banks and overflowing near its confluence with the Aire. The light is dependent upon the confluence of sunrise, wind, cloud and quality of air, and these ingredients do not lend themselves to a formulaic recipe. This crosses the Calder close to its confluence with the River Ribble. Today the adit can still be seen at the confluence of the Uncompahgre River and Canyon Creek, at the base of Oak Street on the southwest side of Ouray. Priority was also given to completing sheet piling along a 1,000 yard stretch of the Dutch River, upstream of its confluence with the River Ouse at Goole. The confluence of these two streams is the nominal start of the River Forth. The Tigris and Euphrates enter the city as one river called Shatt al-Arab after their confluence in Qurna, north of Basra. The weekend is a confluence of cross-country riders, gravity junkies, dirt jumpers, BMX riders, tricyclists and even roadies. In the northwest, the River Congo has a width of 40 km, a vast expanse of water continually replenished by its confluence with the River Ubangi. A typical sign of cochlear otosclerosis is the formation of a double-ring effect caused by the confluence of spongiotic fossae. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Tweed and Teviot and until 1975 was part of the county of Roxburghshire. Suisun Bay lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project. They have been recently propelled out of cultdom and into wider acclaim by a confluence of zeitgeists. Near Great Ouseburn the Ure is joined by the small Ouse Gill Beck, and below the confluence the river is known as the Ouse. Show More Sentences The city grew up as a river port at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss. Today both of these rivers remain navigable, although the Foss is only navigable for a short distance above the confluence. The Ouse is the name given to the river after its confluence with the Ure at Ouse Gill Beck. The main town in the region in Roman times was Lincoln, at the confluence of the Fosse Way and Ermine Street. It follows the Vyrnwy to its confluence with the River Severn, and then continues southwards, rising over Long Mountain east of Welshpool. The start of the Mersey is at the confluence of the River Tame and River Goyt in Stockport. The modern accepted start of the Mersey is at the confluence of the Tame and Goyt, in central Stockport, Greater Manchester. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. The River Idle, a tributary of the Trent, is formed in Sherwood Forest from the confluence of several minor streams. On the site is a confluence of the two small streams that make the Whitelake River. Huddersfield is near the confluence of the River Colne and the River Holme. Huddersfield is located on the valleys of the River Colne and the River Holme the confluence of which is located south of the town centre. Ottoman classical music arose largely from a confluence of Byzantine music, Armenian music, Arabic music, and Persian music. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. Because of its location at the confluence between two rivers, Stonehaven is prone to flooding following heavy rain. The hut is situated just above the confluence of Allt a' Mhuilinn and Allt Coire na Ciste. Downriver from the confluence the Iguazu River forms the boundary between Brazil and Argentina's Misiones Province. The border follows the Argun and Amur river to the confluence of the latter with the Ussuri River. It divides the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island at the confluence of the two rivers, and then runs south along the Ussuri. After its confluence with the Teith and Allan, the river is sufficiently wide that a significant bridge is required. Show More Sentences The Punjab has been called India's melting pot, due to the confluence of invading cultures from the rivers from which the region gets its name. The town is situated near the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol, on the west coast of Wales. Just north of the town, there is the confluence of three rivers, the Ogmore, the Llynfi and the Garw. Williston is near the confluence of the Missouri River and the Yellowstone River near Montana. Although the Wensum is the larger of the two rivers at their confluence, it is regarded as a tributary of the River Yare. The navigable section of the river is entirely urban and runs from the centre of Norwich, past Norwich Cathedral to the confluence with the Yare. Downstream from this point the river has shaped a large bed in the sand dunes creating a significant bottleneck at the confluence. The oldest documented human occupation site is located on a hill overlooking the Nive and its confluence with the Adour. At the Battle of Vercellae, at the confluence of the Sesia River with the Po River, in 101 BC, the long voyage of the Cimbri also came to an end. Mainz is located on the 50th latitude, on the west bank of the river Rhine, opposite the confluence of the Main with the Rhine. Charlemagne ordered the execution of 4,500 Saxons near the confluence of the Aller and the Weser, in what is now Verden. The Korapuzha river is formed by the confluence of the Agalapuzha with the Punnurpuzha, and it joins the sea at Elathur. Cuba is an archipelago of islands located in the northern Caribbean Sea at the confluence with the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. There is also a confluence of several perennial streams with the Atoyac River that creates a wetland to the north and east of the urban center. When they arrived at the confluence with the Napo River, his men threatened to mutiny if they did not continue. Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived from the Celtic word ganda which means confluence. South of the confluence of Indian Pass Brook and Calamity Brook, the Hudson River flows south into Sanford Lake. After its confluence with the Indian River, the Hudson forms the boundary between Essex and Hamilton counties. Shortly thereafter the river has its confluence with the Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, in Waterford. It then meets its confluence with Schodack Creek, widening considerably at this point. Show More Sentences South of the confluence of the Hudson and Spuyten Duyvil Creek, the east bank of the river becomes Manhattan. In 1617, Dutch colonists built a fort at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers where Albany now stands. In 1634, Russian Cossacks, headed by Voin Shakhov, established a winter settlement at the confluence of the Vilyuy and Tyuken Rivers. The Transbaikal region covers more than 1,000 km from west to east from Baikal to the meridian of the confluence of the Shilka and Argun Rivers. He mapped the Shilka, which was partly in Chinese territory, but was turned back when he reached its confluence with the Argun. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Suir, near Campile. At the confluence of the Mersey and Irwell near Irlam, the canal follows the old course of the River Irwell into Manchester. Parkville, home to Real Art Ways, is named for the confluence of the north and the south branches of the Park River. The river is formed in Worcester, Massachusetts by the confluence of the Middle River and Mill Brook. The Blackstone River forms in the center of Worcester by the confluence of the Middle River and Mill Brook. This river flows north into the city, and the area around the confluence with the Merrimack was known as Wamesit. The river begins in the city of Franklin, New Hampshire, at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers. The source of the Greta is near Threlkeld, at the confluence of the River Glenderamackin and St John's Beck. The river opens out into a transitory lake called Kentmere Tarn just south of the confluence with Hall Gill. Beneath the nose of the ridge is the confluence of Scope Beck and Keskadale Beck. At the highest point is the confluence of paths from Wasdale, Eskdale, Borrowdale and Great Langdale. Two miles in length, this ridge falls over a series of craggy steps to the confluence of the two streams at Lingcove Bridge. The source of the River Swale is at the confluence of the Birkdale Beck and the Great Sleddale Beck. Navigation to Swale Nab, at the confluence with the River Swale, was opened in January 1769 as part of the River Ouse Navigation. The river source is the confluence of Oughtershaw Beck and Green Field Beck in Langstrothdale near Beckermonds. Show More Sentences The section between Malham Tarn and the confluence of the becks at Aire Head is known as Malhamdale. It rises on Axe Edge Moor near Buxton and flows generally south to its confluence with the River Trent at Newton Solney. Carlisle is situated on a slight rise, in the Cumberland Ward, at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. The confluence of land and water ensured a bountiful food supply for the inhabitants, who fished for salmon, halibut, cod, and the small, oily fish known as eulachon. The group had hired the motorboat to immerse the ashes of an acquaintance in Sangam river, the Ganga and Yamuna rivers' confluence, considered holy by Hindus, Yadav said. Geographically, Buckfastleigh straddles the confluence of two small streams from Dartmoor which feed into the River Dart just to the east of the town. The actual confluence of the two rivers is just downstream of the bridge. After passing Askrigg and bridging the confluence of the Bishopdale and Walden Becks, the road meets the B6160 from Addingham where there is a grade II listed AA phone box. Chesterfield is located on the confluence and valleys of the River Rother and River Hipper at the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield. From Hartington to its confluence with the River Manifold at Ilam, the river flows through a series of scenic limestone valleys, known collectively as Dovedale. The Ribble begins at the confluence of the Gayle Beck and Cam Beck near the famous viaduct at Ribblehead, in the shadow of the Yorkshire three peaks. Gowan Old Bridge, a twin arch stone bridge with attached concrete footbridge near the confluence of the rivers, had severe damage to its central pier and remained closed. There is sometimes flooding at the confluence of the two rivers. Lowell is located at the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord rivers. It originates as a confluence of the Onon and Ingoda rivers. Archaeological evidence shows human presence in the region of the confluence of Scheldt and Leie going back as far as the Stone Age and the Iron Age. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. Mogontiacum was an important military town throughout Roman times, probably due to its strategic position at the confluence of the Main and the Rhine. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster and Bille. Classified as an international waterway, it originates in the town of Donaueschingen, in the Black Forest of Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg. Show More Sentences It lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south of the urban area. It is also the place of the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. The Cape Floral Region is a thin coastal strip and a botanic hotspot which developed at the confluence of the Benguela Upwelling and Agulhas Current. The port developed in the 11th century around the confluence of the Rivers Frome and Avon, adjacent to Bristol Bridge just outside the town walls. It is located near the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol. Passing Chirk and the confluence with the River Ceiriog, the river begins to trace gentle meanders on the level ground at the beginning of the Cheshire Plain. Money was spent several times improving the River Lugg from Leominster to its confluence with the Wye at Mordiford, but its navigation is likely to have been difficult. With the exception of the Morda and parts of the Camlad, Tanat and Cynllaith all tributaries of the Severn and Vyrnwy upstream of their confluence are in Wales. The longest river in England is the River Severn which has its source in Wales, enters England at its confluence with the River Vyrnwy and flows into the Bristol Channel. The duodena open into a common pouch just below the entrance of the gall-ducts. The intestine was single from the confluence of the duodena to the termination of the jejunum. The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water. Examples from Classical Literature It is situated just above the confluence of the Sarthe and the Huisne, on an elevation rising from the left bank of the Sarthe. Bruss is prettily situated on a rising ground, at the confluence of two tributaries of the Morava. The site of the chateau at the confluence of the Eure and the Voise is altogether charming. At 217 miles from its confluence with the Ottawa the Gatineau is still 1000 feet in width. Its confluence with the Red is between the ninety-sixth and ninety-seventh meridians. Ishtib is built on a hill at the confluence of the small river Ishtib with the Bregalnitza, a tributary of the Vardar. In 1720, it was on the river Orkhon, near its confluence with the Selenga, some distance north of the present Urga. At the confluence of the Ouse and Trent the Humber has a width of about a mile. That river has a cataract or fall, at about an hundred and fifty leagues from its confluence. We crossed the river at the confluence of the Ganges and jumna this morning. The confluence is known as the Kwa mouth, Kwa being an alternative name for the lower Kasai. He designed to relieve the ear from the clash of supernumerary consonants, and to liquify by a vowelly confluence. He also bewailed the fact that he had been born at what he called the confluence of Hugo and Balzac. In that quarter, O hero is the sacred confluence of Ganga and Yamuna which is celebrated over the world. In the middle of the Indian Ocean, the Mauritian capital of Port Louis sits at the confluence of trade routes between Africa and Asia. The confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowa at this point forms the Coosa. The mechanism of this intertwining, according to Epstein, was the confluence of intellectual-property rights of jointly produced torpedoes. Opposite the spot to which he had brought her was such a general confluence, and the river was proportionately voluminous and deep. Year by year the tules reclaim the muddy confluence of the twin rivers. An ill-fated confluence of events made the area near the summit of Everest into a deathtrap disaster of legendary proportions. Show More Sentences The Egyptian Pro-consul lived in state at the confluence of the Niles. The Garonne is navigable below its confluence with the salat. They were traced along the margin of the Mississippi, for some distance, until they took boat and ascended the river to its confluence with the Missouri. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of confluence? Words that rhyme with confluence What is the plural of confluence? What is the adverb for confluence? What is the adjective for confluence? What is the noun for confluence? Translations for confluence Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words conflictual conflicts conflict resolution conflict of interest conflictive confliction confluences confluent conflux confocal conform conformability 10-letter Words Starting With c co con conf confl conflu conflue confluen confluenc