creek
Babbling water channel
A creek is a small stream, narrower and shallower than a river.
In British and Australian usage, creek may also mean a narrow inlet or bay.
To be up the creek or up the creek without a paddle is to be in difficulty with no easy way out.
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- meanderTo travel without direction
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- headwatersRiver's starting point
drainage · oxbow · floodplain · channel · mouth · delta · estuary · ravine
Unbroken forward movement
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- erosionGradual wearing away
sediment · siltation · alluvium · fluvial · aquifer · groundwater · perennial · intermittent
Relating to riverbanks
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
fish · amphibians · algae · beavers · otters · crayfish · minnows · salamanders
Incoherent or infantile speech
- gurglingBubbling liquid sound
- burblingMaking murmuring water sounds
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- murmuringSpeaking softly, indistinctly
splashing · rushing · purling · tinkling · bubbling · rippling · chuckling · whispering
tributary
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- meanderTo travel without direction
- watershedDrainage area boundary
headwaters · drainage · oxbow · floodplain · channel · mouth · delta · estuary · ravine · gully
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
erosion · sediment · siltation · alluvium · fluvial · aquifer · groundwater · perennial · intermittent · ephemeral
riparian
Relating to riverbanks
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
wetlands · fish · amphibians · algae · beavers · otters · crayfish · minnows · salamanders · dragonflies
babbling
Incoherent or infantile speech
murmuring · splashing · rushing · purling · tinkling · bubbling · rippling · chuckling · whispering · flowing
tranquil
Calm and untroubled
idyllic · soothing · restful · secluded · shaded · dappled · mossy · wooded · pastoral · picturesque
paddle
Flat-bladed water tool
gradient · hydraulic · boils · seam · portage · scout · put-in · take-out · shuttle · class
creekocean
Massive saltwater body
Pacific Ocean · Atlantic Ocean · sea · Amazon River · Mississippi River
- up the creekSlang for predicament
- creek bedFloor of small waterway
- up a creek without a paddleFacing difficulty, lacking resources
- creek bottom
- up a creek
- up shit creek
creeks, creekside, creekbed, creekwater, creekfront, creek bed