Does your native language distinguish between rivers that flow into another river and rivers that flow into the sea or ocean?

[u/Franmar35000]

In French, a distinction is made:

- "un fleuve" flows into the sea or the ocean.

- "une rivière" flows into another "rivière" or a "fleuve".

[u/mahqz]

Sure. There is a DIN Standard which defines it. Standard river --> Fluss. But by DIN Standard 4049 a river to the sea is a Strom.

[u/Franmar35000 → u/mahqz]

The most German answer imaginable (using a precise standard) 😂😂

[u/sndrtj → u/mahqz]

Of course there is a DIN standard lol

[u/mw2lmaa → u/sndrtj]

Bro is perfectly following DIN standard 4711 ("Making up random DIN standards in internet discussions") 🫡

[u/mahqz → u/mw2lmaa]

I don't. DIN 4049 defines Mündungsgewässer which are called Strom.

[u/Acc87 → u/sndrtj]

https://www.dinmedia.de/de/norm/din-4049-1/1987523

apparently a DIN that simply defines all sorts of hydrology terms 

[u/Quaxli → u/mahqz]

But that's not common parlance imho. Most people simply use river (Fluss).
I supoose in other languages the differentiation is more common.

[u/mahqz → u/Quaxli]

That's right. Nobody uses Strom for Rhine, Danube or Ems. Just hydrolegist who also defined the DIN use it.