Talk:Confluence
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[edit] Consistent Use of term Tributary in Wikipedia
What is and What is not a tributary of a larger river or body of water? If there is no DIRECT connection between the so-called tributary and its parent water, is it a tributary? What I am looking for here is some consistent application of the term to articles on rivers and lakes within Wikipedia.
I personally believe that unless there is a DIRECT connection between the two named waters at a confluence, the lesser water should not be listed as a tributary of the greater water. For example: I would contend that the Firehole River in Wyoming is not a tributary of the Missouri River, but instead a tributary of the Madison River. If this logic is not applied, then articles about very large or significant waters might literally contain 1000's of tributary references. For example, if I were to include Rocky Creek as tributary of the Mississippi River, I would not be totally incorrect as it does flow into the E. Gallatin River, Gallatin River, Missouri River into the Mississippi.
I have posted this on the Tributary talk page as well. If there is a better place to post, let me know?
--Mike Cline 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] dissapointed
this site doesnt give me any thing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.88.21 (talk) 17:11, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Integer latitudes and longitudes
I have removed the "Integer latitudes and longitudes" section. It has nothing to do with confluences of water and is already covered in the disambiguation page and in Degree Confluence Project. Peter Chastain (talk) 09:35, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
