Creek

creek - a watercourse smaller than, and often tributary to, a river.
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Creek: A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin. The term is relative according to size. Some creeks in a humid region would be called rivers if they occurred in an arid area ...

creek A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin of nominal, or small size. The term is a relative one as to size, some creeks would be called rivers if they occurred in arid regions.

Little Stony Creek, a first order mountain stream in Giles County, Virginia. An understanding of the nearby topography and stability of the soils helps protect this trout stream.
locating a hiking trail so that rainfall will not wash it away, ...

catchment area of surface water streamArea that receive precipitation where the precipitation flows over the land surface and into rivulets, creeks, wadis, arroyos, and rivers. CEQA See California Environmental Quality Act of 1970.

Meanwhile, New York's Hamburg Presbyterian Church "adopted" a nearby creek and won it designation as a protected habitat.

Surface water - The term surface water refers to water that comes from our rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, and reservoirs.

tion that separate a waterway (ditch, stream, creek) from an
intensive land use area (subdivision, farm); also referred to
as filter strips, vegetated filter strips, and grassed buffers.

Mostly greater differences in altitudes are being used,like mountain creeks. Power stations with reservoirs are generally marked by barrages with earth fill dam or concrete dams.

Buffer strips: Strips of grass or other close-growing vegetation that separate a waterway (ditch, stream, creek) from an intensive land use area (subdivision, farm); also referred to as filter strips, vegetated filter strips, and grassed buffers.

Macroinvertebrates: Bottom-dwelling insects found under rocks in creekbeds.
Meander: The tendency of moving water to form S-shaped curves (meanders).

ESTUARY: The shallow water areas of bays or the mouths of rivers and creeks. This is the place where ocean tides meet and mix with fresh water.

practices (such as terraces) designed to reduce the quantities of pollutants-- such as sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, and animal wastes -- that are washed by rain and snow melt from farms into nearby receiving waters, such as lakes, creeks, streams, ...

See also: Environment, Water, Pollution, Well, Waste