confluent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō.

The chin is a still larger drop, the confluent dripping of the face. — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau
Then to the hallowed spot they went Along fair Sarjú’s side Where mix her waters confluent With three-pathed Gangá’s tide. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
Its southern and southeastern boundaries are the plateaus and mountains which form the northern watershed of the muddy Colorado River and its confluents. — The Book of the National Parks, Robert Sterling Yard

feeder, tributary, affluent

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