runnels
Rain's carved paths
Runnels are small streams or narrow channels where water flows.
The word typically describes rivulets of rainwater, snowmelt, or other trickling flows: Runnels of water carved through the hillside.
It can also refer to small gutters or grooves made for drainage.
The singular runnel appears less often than the plural.
Very small stream
- brookSmall flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- rillVery small stream
- freshetSnowmelt-driven flood
burn · beck · gill · bourn · tributary · headwater · spring · watercourse
rivulet
Very small stream
freshet · burn · beck · gill · bourn · tributary · headwater · spring · watercourse · brooklet
trickle
Thin, slow stream
cascade · babble · gurgle · meander · eddy · swirl · ripple · splash · surge · drip
gully
Channel carved by flowing water
depression · hollow · trench · cut · erosion · washout · rut · score · indent · corrugation
runnelsridges
Narrow elevated formations
crests · embankments · berms · mounds · hummocks
runnelspools
Bodies of still water
ponds · lakes · standing water · stagnant water · puddles
- wave runnerPersonal motorized watercraft
- front runnerExpected winner
- runner's highEndorphin-induced jogging bliss
- runner upOne who placed second
- rum runnerAlcohol smuggler, especially maritime
- road runnerGround-dwelling desert cuckoo