[Tagging] Drain vs ditch

[Paul Allen]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 19:50, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Am Mo., 18. Feb. 2019 um 19:41 Uhr schrieb Eugene Podshivalov <
> yaugenka at gmail.com>:
>
>> There are a lot of straightened rivers and streams all over the world.
>> Would it make sense to tag the straightened sections as canal/ditch/drain
>> rather than river/stream?
>>
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> I would not generally do it, but I agree at some point you might ask the
> question if that is still a river or really a canal close to where once was
> a river...
>

I've dealt with a few like that.  It's not clear which is the best option
even at the end of a waterway,
but what do you do if it's in the middle?  It's like having a wooden leg
with a real foot at the end
of it...

-- 
Paul
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