Last name meaning Ferris: This is an Anglicization of the Old Gaelic name O' Fearghusa - a compound of the Gaelic O (meaning grandson or male descendant) and the personal name Fergus, composed of the elements fear - a man and gus - vigour or force...
How is a Confluence Formed? When any 2 bodies of water meet, they form a confluence. Where Can a Confluence Be Found? In every part of the world, rivers, streams and other bodies of water meet and the waters combine. Famous Confluences Niagara River and Lake Ontario, Canada Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, USA
A tributary. is a smaller stream or river that joins a larger stream or main river. A watershed boundary, also called a drainage divide, marks the outer-most limit of a watershed. A watershed is a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries.Anything that affects a watershed may eventually impact its tributaries and river as well as the water body at the mouth of the river.he. river mouth. is the place where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake, or an ocean. Upstream. is in the direction of or nearer to the source of a river.