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Description: For narrow rivers which will be rendered as a line. Google definition User discussion

Element: help

Useful combination: name=* width=*

Implies: access=no boat=yes

Used combinations in: Europe France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey Great-Britain Switzerland

Summary

For narrow rivers which will be rendered as a line. For larger rivers see waterway=riverbank. For really small rivers and streams, see waterway=stream.

How to Map

To map a river make a simple way. Add the waterway=river tag to it. For larger rivers you may want to create separate ways for the two river banks. See Tag:waterway=riverbank You should also add a name with name=* if it's known. Do not add natural=water to the way since this is intended for areas forming lakes.

Extended Tags

width=* to indicate the width in meters. This is an approximate average width of the river throughout most of length of that bit of river. You can use width=5 or width=5m to tag a river with a width of 5 meters.

WikiProject Whitewater Maps proposes several additional tags