Tag:natural=gully
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 natural = gully
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Small scale cut in relief created by water erosion.  
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Description
A gully is a small scale land form (a few to a few tens of meters) incised into surrounding terrain through erosion by flowing water. See 
gully on wikipedia for more information.
Note: description in other languages give smaller maximum width recommendation. If the erosion area is large enough that it can be mapped in detail you can use natural=earth_bank instead.
How to map
Draw a way along the course of the gully from top to bottom.
Mapping caveats
This tag should not be used for:
- larger valleys or stable relief forms with no fresh signs of erosion - use natural=valley instead.
- man-made ditches - use barrier=ditch
- natural rock faces, cliffs or rocky slopes - use natural=cliff
- large steep relief edges due to larger scale erosion - use natural=earth_bank
- man-made embankments - use man_made=embankment
Rendering
natural=gully is not currently rendered in the OSM Carto style. The following figure shows an example of an illustration in Maperitive:
