What Is a Small Stream Called

What Is A Small Stream Called?

A stream is any body of running water that occupies a channel. … Streams smaller than rivers, roughly in order of size, may be called branches or forks, creeks, brooks, runnels, and rivulets. The very smallest kind of stream, just a trickle, is a rill.Mar 29, 2019

What is a smaller river or stream called?

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.

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