On 30/09/2015 6:06 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
2015-09-30 0:28 GMT+02:00 Warin <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Lake Eyre in Australia (a very large salt water lake in Australia
.. that may have water in it once every 10 years) is tagged
natural=water
water=lake
salt=yes
intermittent=yes
That, to me, is suitable as it matches my impression of what it is.
a place which has once every 10 years some water in it wouldn't be
tagged as natural=water by me.
According to the wiki, intermettent is "used to indicate that a
waterway (river, stream, etc.) does not have a permanent flow. Or that
a water body (lake) disappears seasonaly."
10 years aren't a "season" typically.
Local conditions...
A 5 day week is also not 'typical', yet there are places that have 5 day
weeks, places with 2 seasons per year and other places with 5 seasons in
a year.
And those would be regarded as 'typical' values for a week or seasons in
a year.
What is 'typical' in one part of the globe does not mean all other parts
of the globe have the same condition, and may have a different nuance to
the word 'typical'.
Synonyms for the word typical ...
common place
natural
normal
regular
And 10 years is a typical season for Lake Eyre....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre
Direct quote from wikipedia .. note the use of the word typical!!
"/Typically a 1.5 m (5 ft) flood occurs every three years, a 4 m (13 ft)
flood every decade, and a fill or near fill a few times a century. /"
The 1.5 meter is not enough for yachts and does not fill the lake, the 4
meter is enough to fill the lake and run yachts.... and they do have a
yacht club ...
So anyone who knows what is typical, natural for Lake Eyre would call it
intermittent.
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