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...
At other times, a confluence can be the location where two smaller streams or rivers merge to become the source for a new river. This is the case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the Monongahela River and Allegheny River merge to create the Ohio River.
Confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda Rivers to produce the Ganges at Devprayag, India. The same confluence viewed from upstream at a different time; note the swirl of sediment from the Alaknanda. In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water.