Question

residents in west alton and arnold, at the confluence of the mississippi and missouri rivers, and the town of pacific have also been evacuated. source: reuters in the sentence above, confluence has the same or almost the same meaning as: island divergence junction reduction

Explanation:

"Confluence" refers to the point where two or more rivers or other things come together. "Junction" also means a point where things join or meet. "Island" is a piece of land surrounded by water. "Divergence" is about things moving apart. "Reduction" is about making something smaller or less.

Answer:

C. junction