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Creek

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006888

A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin of nominal, or small size. The term is a relative one as to size, some creeks in the humid section would be called rivers if they occurred in the arid portion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006888
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006888",
  "term": "Creek",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin of nominal, or small size. The term is a relative one as to size, some creeks in the humid section would be called rivers if they occurred in the arid portion.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/creek/"
}

Record 6,888 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.