Last name meaning Ferris: This is an Anglicization of the Old Gaelic name O' Fearghusa - a compound of the Gaelic O (meaning grandson or male descendant) and the personal name Fergus, composed of the elements fear - a man and gus - vigour or force...
At other times, a confluence can be the location where two smaller streams or rivers merge to become the source for a new river. This is the case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the Monongahela River and Allegheny River merge to create the Ohio River.
Streamflow (also known as discharge) is the volume of water flowing past a given point in the stream in a given period of time. Streamflow is reported as cubic feet per second (ft3/s). Streamflow values are better indicators than gage height of conditions along the whole river.