rill
Narrow water channel
A rill is a very small stream or brook, often one that flows only seasonally or after rain: A rill trickled down the hillside.
The word extends to any small channel of flowing liquid.
In geology, rills are the narrow channels carved by water erosion on slopes.
The word is somewhat literary and uncommon in everyday speech.
Very small stream
- brookletVery small stream
- runnelSmall flowing waterway
- streamletSmall flowing watercourse
- freshetSnowmelt-driven flood
burn · beck · gill · bourn · creek · branch · tributary · watercourse
Thin, slow stream
- dribbleLeak in drops
- seepFlow slowly through
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- percolateFilter through gradually
ooze · burble · gurgle · murmur · babble · meander · cascade · spill
rivulet
Very small stream
freshet · burn · beck · gill · bourn · creek · branch · tributary · watercourse · headwater
trickle
Thin, slow stream
percolate · ooze · burble · gurgle · murmur · babble · meander · cascade · spill · flow
channel
Passage for transmission
notch · rut · indentation · corrugation · scoring · incision · gouge · cut · crease · fluting
tranquil
Calm and untroubled
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
peaceful · bucolic · sylvan · rustic · meadow · woodland · gentle · soothing · murmuring · babbling
- creekscreek, brook, tidal creek, mountain brook, babbling brook
- mountain streamsmountain stream, mountain brook, alpine stream, mountain river, mountain spring
- streamsstream, creek, brook, rivers, tributary
- water featuresfountain, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
- Stream wordsbrook, creek, rivulet, runnel, tributary