[Tagging] how to tag a salt flat

[Warin]

On 30/09/2015 6:06 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> 2015-09-30 0:28 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Lake Eyre in Australia (a very large salt water lake in Australia
>     .. that may have water in it once every 10 years) is tagged
>
>     natural=water
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>     water=lake
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>     salt=yes
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>     intermittent=yes
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>     That, to me, is suitable as it matches my impression of what it is.
>
>
>
> a place which has once every 10 years some water in it wouldn't be 
> tagged as natural=water by me.
> According to the wiki, intermettent is "used to indicate that a 
> waterway (river, stream, etc.) does not have a permanent flow. Or that 
> a water body (lake) disappears seasonaly."
>
> 10 years aren't a "season" typically.
>
>

Local conditions...

A 5 day week is also not 'typical', yet there are places that have 5 day 
weeks, places with 2 seasons per year and other places with 5 seasons in 
a year.
And those would be regarded as 'typical' values for a week or seasons in 
a year.

What is 'typical' in one part of the globe does not mean all other parts 
of the globe have the same condition, and may have a different nuance to 
the word 'typical'.

Synonyms for the word typical ...
common place
natural
normal
regular

And 10 years is a typical season for Lake Eyre....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre
Direct quote from wikipedia .. note the use of the word typical!!
"/Typically a 1.5 m (5 ft) flood occurs every three years, a 4 m (13 ft) 
flood every decade, and a fill or near fill a few times a century. /"

The 1.5 meter is not enough for yachts and does not fill the lake, the 4 
meter is enough to fill the lake and run yachts.... and they do have a 
yacht club ...

So anyone who knows what is typical, natural for Lake Eyre would call it 
intermittent.
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