rivulet
Slender water thread
A rivulet is a very small stream—a trickle of water finding its way downhill.
The word often appears in literary or descriptive contexts: Rivulets of rain ran down the windowpane.
By extension, any thin flowing line of liquid: A rivulet of sweat traced down his back.
Small flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- rillVery small stream
- runnelSmall flowing waterway
- trickleThin, slow stream
freshet · burn · beck · bourn · brooklet · watercourse · channel · tributary
Damage by heat
- beckSmall northern stream
- gillAquatic respiratory organ
- sykeSmall stream, dialectal
- bourneStream or final limit
kill · crick · wadi · runnel · rill · brooklet · arroyo · dingle
Bubbling liquid sound
- babbleIncoherent speech
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- trickleThin, slow stream
- dribbleLeak in drops
seepage · ooze · drip · percolation · flow · current · eddy · ripple
brook
Small flowing watercourse
trickle · freshet · burn · beck · bourn · brooklet · watercourse · channel · tributary · feeder
burn
Damage by heat
bourne · kill · crick · wadi · runnel · rill · brooklet · arroyo · dingle
gurgle
Bubbling liquid sound
dribble · seepage · ooze · drip · percolation · flow · current · eddy · ripple · splash
tranquil
Calm and untroubled
placid · soothing · idyllic · pastoral · bucolic · quiet · murmuring · burbling · refreshing · cool
gully
Channel carved by flowing water
dell · vale · floodplain · wetland · marshland · meadow · watershed · catchment · drainage · oxbow
- creekscreek, brook, tidal creek, mountain brook, babbling brook
- freshwaterponds, freshwater lake, creek, brook, pond life
- mountain streamsmountain brook, mountain spring, headwaters, headwater, tributary
- streamscreek, brook, rivers, tributary, creeks
- water featuresfountain, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds
- water flowflow, water flow, streamflow, flow rate, current