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• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think “major streams” are more generally referred to as “rivers.”

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  • Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s a translation issue, we have

    • rivers
    • streams
    • creeks
    • Brooks and
    • runs

    …

    Maybe they just have the 2 words so there’s information lost in translation?

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    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s a wildly incomplete list. I guess if you’re out east, that might feel like a full list, but if you’ve ever lived somewhere with arroyos, you’ve never experienced brooks or runs. I mean, short of Mel Brooks and having diarrhea.

      There’s an old joke about growing up in Phoenix: That one does not associate rivers or bridges with water.

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      • Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Wow. That… That sure is special. 🤢

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