[Talk-us] USGS Topos, "Draw", "Gulch", etc.

[Paul Johnson]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:57 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do the names on the USGS Topo Maps that end in "Draw", "Gulch", and
> similar terms refer to a stream, or a valley?  I have always assumed a
> stream, and applied the name to waterway=stream in OSM, but perhaps that is
> not correct.
>

Could be a canyon, or the stream at the bottom of it.  Context is king when
it comes to the names we gave things in the US.
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