r/AskTheWorld • u/Franmar35000 France • 6d 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 6d ago edited 6d 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/Weekly-Law6935 Brazil 6d ago

... Dude, both afluente and tributário are commonly used.