There is a discussion at work regarding how to label a waterway that is not named and is not called to as a natural monument.
I suggested "waterway or watercourse."
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Any thoughts?
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If it's babbling, then it's a brook. Other than that they are all synonymous.
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Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.
Call it a creek, pronounce it "crick" your coworkers will laugh.
Spent 4 years in Wyoming, I call em cricks.
whatever you do, don't go listening to muddy.?ÿ he'll really get you turned around on this.
My rule: one steps over a brook, jumps over a creek, wades across a stream, and swims across a river. But that's more conversational than hydrographical.
Then, there is this...
We have the rivers protection act and thus avoid calling anything likely not a river a river.?ÿ The act defined perennial and intermittent streams, so we can vaguely label an unnamed creek a stream and be safe.
Excellent question. ?ÿThere are multiple names for the same feature. ?ÿThese are largely dependent on the local usage from your childhood neighbors and acquaintances. ?ÿWhat you heard is what you view as normal.
creek (crick)
slough
branch
brook
river
waterway
watercourse
rill
stream
drain
drainageway
wash (warsh)
swamp
bayou
cay
marsh
delta
pond/tank/reservoir/lagoon/lake
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My rule: one steps over a brook, jumps over a creek, wades across a stream, and swims across a river. But that's more conversational than hydrographical.
Then, there is this...
That is very cool!
We don't have brooks in Georgia or Alabama however we have quite a few branches, runs, creeks and the occasional stream but they are rare.
Absolutely no rio's either.
I have caught a couple of brook trout, does that count?
We had Coulees in Canada...
Gullies and gulches.
Holy Cow, you missed Beck, Burn, Gill and Dyke
AH! Sensitive Americans - the missing word has an original meaning in English - never heard of the Black (potty mouth) Mills brass band?
@chris-mills?ÿ The funny thing is that the missing word appears in the preview of the thread but is replaced if you open the thread.
Stephen - yes, I noticed that after I logged out. Automated sensorship systems aren't always the most reliable.
The same word is used on both sides of the English Channel (Holland and East Anglia) to describe large river and sea defences - similar to the USA levee.
How about "Ditch"?
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If it's a constant stream of water that you can cross without getting your feet wet, it's a branch.
If you constant stream of water that you can't cross without getting your feet wet, it's a creek.
If there's only water in it during and immediately after a rain event, it's a ditch.
How about if it's man-made, Tommy??ÿ ?ÿ We have quite a few flowing ditches around here.
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"I suggested "waterway or watercourse."
Good suggestion I would use watercourse and note the date it was located.?ÿ ??ÿ