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Sun setting over the Confluence of two rivers, the River Annan and the Dryfe Water (a tributary of the River Annan) just to the North West of Lockerbie, the River Annan enters in the Solway Firth near Annan

The point at which the two rivers join is called a confluence. In these cases, often the larger of the two rivers is the one that retains the name, as is the case with the confluence of the River Annan and the Dryfe Water. While both rivers join together to create the confluence, the River Annan is considered the river that continues on

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