[Talk-GB] Swales

[Tom Crocker]

There's also https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse=basin

On Fri, 24 Sep 2021, 10:48 Chris Hodges, <chris at c-hodges.co.uk> wrote:

>   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:
> >
> >
> > 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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