On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:54 PM, Philip Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Creek is certainly used in Essex. > I didn't say it wasn't used. Or even that it wasn't used to denote a wide stream. However, it also has other meanings. Such as a wide tidal bay to a marsh on an estuary. Like one near me. It's as wide as the river it feeds into but what feeds into it is a narrow stream. And it's called, by the wildlife trust that owns that area, a creek (which it is, by one definition). The problem with creek is the different meanings. You can guarantee that some would use it to mean small stream, as it would be defined in the wike and others would use it to map tidal inlets because they're named "Foo Creek" and therefore waterway=creek is the obvious and natural tag to use. -- Paul
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