Stream - Other Names

Other Names

In the United Kingdom, there are several regional names for a stream:

  • Beck is used in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Dumfriesshire and Cumbria.
  • Bourne is used in the chalk downland of southern England (although strictly a bourne is wet in summer and dry in winter).
  • Brook is used in the Midlands, Lancashire and Cheshire.
  • Burn is used in Scotland and North East England.
  • Nant is used in Wales.
  • Stream is used in Southern England.
  • Syke is used in lowland Scotland and Cumbria.
  • Allt is used in Highland Scotland.

In North America:

  • Kill in southern New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey comes from a Dutch language word meaning "riverbed" or "water channel", and can also be used for the UK meaning of 'creek'.
  • Run in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, or Virginia can be the name of a stream.
  • Branch, fork, or prong can refer to tributaries or distributaries that share the same name as the main stream, generally with the addition of a cardinal direction.
  • Branch is also used to name streams in Maryland and Virginia.
  • Falls is also used to name streams in Maryland. Little Gunpowder Falls and The Jones Falls are actually rivers named in this manner, unique to Maryland.
  • Stream and brook are used in Midwestern states, Mid-Atlantic states and New England.
  • Crick is used in some parts of the United States.

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