*confluenc*

n. [ L. confluentia. ] 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]