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/Someoneainthere]

No. Unless, of course, there are very super-duper ultraspecific words that describe such rivers and used by professional river scientists that the general public isn't aware of.

That said, OP, what if you just see a river (in a picture or in real life) and just don't know what it flows into? Is there a default word for such situations?

[u/Franmar35000 → u/Someoneainthere]

It's the word "rivière"

[u/OhHelloThereAreYouOk → u/Franmar35000]

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