The following is an article from Uncle John's Endl...  ...Bathroom Reader.Because early peoples depended on rivers for survival, they were among the first geologica...  ...ained. NILE Description: The Nile is actually two rivers -the White Nile and the Blue Nile- that join up i...

A confluence is a place where two (or more) bo...  ...here two (or more) bodies of water meet. When two rivers meet and mix, especially rivers with water of different colors, the confluence is...  ...here is the confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers in China. Link -via...