Definition

1. Noun:

   • Confluence: The point where two or more rivers or streams meet and flow together to form a single channel. This is the primary geographical and hydrological meaning.
   • Confluent: Something that flows together, often used in specialized contexts like anatomy (e.g., confluent veins) or geology.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To converge / to flow together: The action of two or more rivers merging into one.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Ngã ba Hạc là một hợp lưu nổi tiếng. (Ngã ba Hạc is a famous confluence.)
  • Thành phố nằm ngay tại hợp lưu của hai con sông lớn. (The city is located right at the confluence of two major rivers.)

• Verb:

  • Sông Đà hợp lưu với sông Hồng tại Việt Trì. (The Đà River converges with the Hồng River at Việt Trì.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe the meeting or merging of abstract things, such as ideas, cultures, or trends.
  • Hội nghị là nơi hợp lưu của nhiều ý tưởng sáng tạo. (The conference is a confluence of many creative ideas.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự hợp lưu (n): The act or process of flowing together; convergence.
• Điểm hợp lưu (n): The confluence point.

Synonyms

• Confluence: The place where rivers meet.
• Convergence: The process of coming together.
• Junction: A point where things join.

Related Idioms

• While "hợp lưu" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions, the concept appears in phrases describing unity or merging.
  • Hợp lưu dòng chảy: Confluence of currents (often used literally but can be figurative).

noun

1. confluence