Tag:waterway=stream
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 streamback to Key:waterway |
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| Description: a naturally-forming waterway that is too thin to be classed as a river. Maybe you can just jump over it. |
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Summary
A stream is a naturally-forming waterway that is too thin to be classed as a river. It may not even be permanently filled with water.
How to Map
| To map a stream make a simple way. Add the waterway=stream tag to it and a name=* if the drain has one and you know it. |
Extended Tags
width=* to indicate the width in meters. This is an approximate average width of the stream throughout most of length of that bit of stream. You can use width=2 or width=2m to tag a stream with a width of 2 meters.
