Confluence /(?)/

Con·flu·ence

Confluence

n.
  1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
    New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
  2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
    You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.
    The confluence . . . of all true joys.