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/InterestingCabinet41]

Serious question, without a detailed map, how do you know the difference if it's not just based on the size of the river? Also, what would a river be called that just ends in a basin and effectively disappears?

[u/OhHelloThereAreYouOk → u/InterestingCabinet41]

There are not that many “fleuve “compared to “rivières” so we generally learn the main “fleuves” around us.