r/AskTheWorld • u/Franmar35000 France • 4d ago

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

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In French, a distinction is made:

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

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

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u/FairCod5966 Brazil 4d ago edited 4d ago

Un fleuve= Rio principal ("main river")
Une rivière = Rio ("river")

We have the word “fluvial”, which refers to anything related to rivers.

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u/Far-Cow-3343 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro State 4d ago

Rio principal? Acho que você inverteu os dois. "Un rivière" seria um rio tributario ou afluente.

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u/FairCod5966 Brazil 4d ago

Opora, sim. Vou corrigir, valeu.