Creek

Creek

A small stream channel usually in tidal areas in a coastal marsh, or between the mud banks of an estuary.

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creek

Environment; Environmental conservation

A small stream of water which serves as the natural drainage course for a drainage basin. The term is relative according to size. Some creeks in a humid region would be called ...

creek

Agriculture; Rice science

A small stream channel usually in tidal areas in a coastal marsh, or between the mud banks of an estuary.

creek

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A watercourse along which water is usually flowing. (2) A rivulet smaller than a river but larger than a brook.

creek

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) A stream, less predominant than a river, and generallytributary to a river. (2) A small tidal channel through a coastal marsh.

creek

Earth science; Geology

(1) A stream, less predominant than a river, and generally tributary to a river. (2) A small tidal channel through a coastal marsh.

creek

Fishing; Fishing

a natural stream of water usually small in size and often a tributary of a river.

watershed

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The total area from which a single river collects surface water runoff; the catchment or drainage area of a river system.

watershed degradation

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A marked deterioration in the hydrological behavior of a river system which reduces the potential of land and water by causing a water flow of inferior quality, quantity and ...

waterlogging

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Impeded drainage; or soil saturated with water but not necessarily with standing water.

waterlogged field

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A field which continuously has standing water and cannot be drained. The water level may not be deep.

water use efficiency

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1). Expressed in terms of dry matter or harvested portion of the crop produced per unit of water consumed. 2). Ratio of the water used for evapotranspiration, seepage, and ...

water table

Agriculture; Rice science

The upper surface of ground water and the level below it where the soil is saturated with water.

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