[OSM-talk] Canals, drains etc

[Someoneelse]

James Stewart wrote:
> What do other people use?

...if possible, whatever is used on the ground.  Otherwise (where new 
waterways have been called e.g. "New River" or "New XXX River"), 
whatever seems most appropriate (c/f "if it quacks like a duck, it's a 
duck").

In some cases it gets tricky - think of a Venn diagram with "river", 
"drain" and "canal" all overlapping and some examples in each overlap 
(and in the middle).  In the UK I can think of at least one place 
(Northern Lincolnshire) where this happens quite a lot.

Cheers,
Andy