On 16 August 2018 14:15:23 BST, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >There isn’t a universal definition of river, but locally people usually >know whether a waterway is considered a river or not (in my home area, >a 3-5 m waterway is usually not considered a river, but you cannot jump >over it either). There’s a huge difference between a stream of 0,5-1m >and one of 5m.
In British English usage we have regional names for the category between a stream and a river. Where I come from they are called Brooks, but I am aware of Burns and Becks being used in the North. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
