Ditches are also used to drain excess water. <br><br>In the USA we have irrigation ditches in dry areas and drainage ditches in wet areas.<br><br>Britain seems to lack irrigation - plenty of rain there.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 8:40 AM Eugene Podshivalov <<a href="mailto:yaugenka@gmail.com">yaugenka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div>Can anyone please explain the difference between waterway=ditch and drain?</div><div>As far as I understand the description on the English wiki they differ in usage:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waterway</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>drain - usually lined with concrete or similar and used to carry superfluous water like storm water or industrial discharge</div><div>ditch - used for irrigation</div><div><br></div><div>But the Russian wiki says that irrigation waterways should be tagged as drains.</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RU:Key:waterway" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RU:Key:waterway</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>So where is the truth?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Eugene</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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