Brook is a small stream than a creek, especially one that is fed by a spring or seep. A river is a large natural stream. The usage of these two words differs according to their characteristics and geographical locations. The term stream can refer to any body of flowing water. Streams vary in size from streamlets to brooks, creeks, and rivers.
Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Since stream refers to any flowing body of water, a creek is a type of stream. Therefore, all creeks can be termed as streams, but not all streams are creeks. This can be considered as the main difference between creek and stream. A creek can be defined as a small body of flowing water. In British English, Creek refers to a narrow, sheltered waterway, particularly an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh.
In North America, Australia, and New Zeland a creek is a small or a medium size stream or a tributary of a river. Creeks are generally shallow in depth and flow into a large body of water. Consulting a few sources, the common term for all downhill flowing ribbons of water is stream. Streams are classified, not by width, depth or length, but by a system known as stream ordering.
The common terms are quite subjective depending on region and local history. Please also check this website from the USGS. In the most basic sense, the water in our rivers all began as precipitation — rain, snow, sleet, hail — falling from the sky, according to the geological survey.
Water falls directly into our rivers, streams and creeks and their tributaries when it rains and also flows into the waterways from water runoff. Some of that rainwater and precipitation also trickles into the groundwater supply, which can then seep into local waterways, according to National Geographic. The rivers, streams and creeks that meander across Earth's surface eventually flow into the world's oceans.
This happens because the oceans are at sea level, and gravity pulls the water to lower elevations, USGS reports. Along the way, the water in our rivers creates vital habitat for all manner of plants and animals. In Illinois alone, hundreds of species are dependent on creeks, streams and rivers to meet their requirements for survival, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. We also, of course, rely on rivers for recreation — a place for fishing, boating or simply relaxing.
While rivers often unite people because they are important for everything from transportation to food to recreation, they are also natural dividing lines, often serving as borders between countries and, here in the America, between states, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. Part of our nation's southern border with Mexico is formed by the Rio Grande, and much of Illinois' boundaries with neighboring states are formed by rivers.
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