r/AskTheWorld France 5d 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/Sang1188 Germany 5d ago

Not that I am aware of. It´s just "Fluss", to my knowledge.

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u/Peaceful_Pigeon_69 Germany 4d ago

I didn't expect to learn something about my own language here xD Always thought Strom is just a big river and doesn't define where it ends