Ditches are also used to drain excess water. In the USA we have irrigation ditches in dry areas and drainage ditches in wet areas.
Britain seems to lack irrigation - plenty of rain there. On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 8:40 AM Eugene Podshivalov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Can anyone please explain the difference between waterway=ditch and drain? > As far as I understand the description on the English wiki they differ in > usage: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway > > drain - usually lined with concrete or similar and used to > carry superfluous water like storm water or industrial discharge > ditch - used for irrigation > > But the Russian wiki says that irrigation waterways should be tagged as > drains. > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RU:Key:waterway > > So where is the truth? > > Thanks, > Eugene > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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