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rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc) wrote:
>Matthew Cunliffe  <Ancient.ucs@durham.ac.uk> writes:
>> 
>> Does too.  All of the above flow into a river.  A river flows into the
>> sea.  I have yet to find a river that doesn't (go on someone, correct
>> me).
>
>First of all those that flow into lakes. Then those that flow into 
>mudflats. Then those that flow into sinkholes. Then those that flow into 
>other rivers.
>
>We're not talking about the ultimate fate of water molecules but about 
>the flow as identified by a river's name.

Sometime last year there was an article in the Times saying that Paris 
did not now stand on the Seine. Upstream of Paris the Seine is joined by 
the Yonne which apparently has a greater volume of water passing per 
minute than the Seine. The convention, apparently, is that on conjunction 
 of two rivers,the one with the largest volume of water takes 
precedence. Sometime in the past the volumes have changed. 

There is a case therefore for Paris being on the Yonne. 


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