[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - infiltration_basin
Andrew Chadwick (mailing lists)
andrewc-email-lists at piffle.org
Sun Feb 8 18:35:35 GMT 2009
Lambertus wrote:
> The technical term for these surface infiltration beds used by local
> governments and industry (in the Netherlands) is 'wadi', referring to
> dry riverbeds like found in deserts. The Dutch section shows a few
> photographic examples that could apply in more temperate climates. The
> English wadi page shows some of the large dry riverbeds as found in deserts.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi>
> <http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_(infiltratievoorziening)>
>
> Perhaps this also applies to other countries?
The proposal is the opposite of a seep <URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seep_(hydrology) >, and {in,ex}filtration
appear to be the appropriate hydrogeological terms at least in English
usage: <URL:
http://www.omegawiki.org/index.php?title=DefinedMeaning:infiltration
(1930)&dataset=uw > and its opposite.
English only has one meaning for "Wadi", the desert ephemeral riverbed
one, according to my dictionary.
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Andrew Chadwick
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