mountain stream
Hillside flowing water
A mountain stream is a small, swift watercourse flowing down elevated terrain, typically fed by snowmelt or springs.
The phrase evokes cold, clear water moving over rocks through steep gradients: We stopped to drink from a mountain stream.
Mountain streams are often idealized as pure and pristine, untouched by lowland pollution.
- brookSmall flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- clear waterUncontaminated, transparent liquid
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- white waterTurbulent, aerated river flow
trout · fly fishing · rivulet · snowmelt · cascade · babble · flow · rush · erosion · tributary · rushing water · freshet · water · moraine · spring · plunge · cold plunge · sediment
- Alpine NatureAlps, alpine meadow, chamois, marmot, edelweiss
- mountain watersalpine lake, tarn, loch, glacial lake, headwater
- freshwaterponds, river water, freshwater lake, creek, brook
- mountain scenerypeak, summit, ridge, snow cap, cliff edge
- mountain streamsheadwaters, headwater, tributary, snowmelt, meltwater
- natural water sourcesspring, waterfall, creek, brook, pond
mountain streamdelta
Symbol denoting variation
bayou · tidal creek · meandering river · estuary · tidewater
mountain streamstill pond
Undisturbed small body of water
stagnant pool · lake · reservoir · standing water · backwater