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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/19 20:40, Eugene Podshivalov
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      <div dir="ltr">Canals and ditches are artificial channels carrying
        naturual water</div>
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    this suggests there is 'unnatural' water... <br>
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      <div dir="ltr">, so are the channels of a straightened river or
        stream. imho there is not difference between them.<br>
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    No difference to the water (natural or otherwise).<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">If we had such sections tagged as artificial
        waterways it would be possible to calculate statistics on man's
        impact on natural waterways and detect the old natural channels.<br>
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    Many 'natural' waterways have older 'natural' channels. In fact many
    have more than one set of older 'natural' channels.<br>
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    Many waterways have been changed by man's actions, sometimes the
    effect was intentional. <br>
    Picking which sections are 'natural' or 'unnatural' ... can be a
    difficult job. Verifiable? In some cases only by an expert. <br>
    Not something I'd map. Is not OSM for the present, use OHM for the
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      <div dir="ltr">Considering narrow river sections are tagged as
        waterway=stream, and wide streams are tagged as waterway=river,
        it is only waterway relations which let you actually understand
        what that waterway is.
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        <div>Cheers,</div>
        <div>Eugene</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">вт, 19 февр. 2019 г. в 02:40,
          Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com"
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            <div dir="ltr">On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 23:30, Graeme
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 19 Feb
                      2019 at 09:23, Paul Allen <<a
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                          <div>According to a sketch in a comedy show
                            from so long ago I can barely remember it,
                            the source</div>
                          <div>of the River Thames was traced to a
                            dripping tap.  Which was fixed and the river
                            dried up.</div>
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                          <div>I don't think it was Monty Python, though
                            it might have been.  Possibly one of
                            Python's</div>
                          <div>precursors. <br>
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                    <div>Seem to remember that one!</div>
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                    <div>Goodies?</div>
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              <div>Going well off topic here.</div>
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              <div>It was an isolated sketch, whereas Goodies had themed
                episodes.  TW3, maybe.  Something like</div>
              <div>that.  The only reason I don't think it was the
                Python's is I can't find it on youtube or even google. 
                I</div>
              <div>was beginning to wonder if I'd imagined it.<br>
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              <div>-- <br>
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              <div>Paul</div>
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                    <div>Thanks
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                      <div>Graeme</div>
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