[Talk-GB] Swales

[Chris Hodges]

  Thinking of basins, as well as deep areas of water for boats (in a few 
contexts, not just canals) standard uses include "river/stream/drainage 
basin" as a synonym for a river's catchment area, and use as just a 
local depression in the land is also supported.  So it's pretty generic. 
Too generic? Probably  not


Chris

On 24/09/2021 10:21, Mark Goodge wrote:
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>
> On 24/09/2021 10:05, Chris Andrew wrote:
>> Are these also known as 'balance tanks'?
>
> Yes. Also balancing ponds, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), 
> retention ponds, attenuation ponds and run-off ponds. And, probably, 
> other names that I'm not thinking of at the moment.
>
> The generic OSM word, according to the wiki, is "basin". I'm not 
> entirely happy with that - to me, a basin is part of a canal system 
> (eg Froghall Basin on the Trent and Mersey Canal) - but it's not a 
> hill that I'd die on.
>
> Mark
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