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A canal is not a natural pool of water, is it? Expert opinions on this, please ;) 143.93.63.222 19:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Here's what the article currently says in the intro:
I just added the last three sentences because, I was mulling over this and in my mind as a native English speaker, a body of water is generally only a "big" body of water. Smaller things such as ponds & puddles wouldn't really be bodies of water. Also, I'm not sure if rivers, streams and other "moving" water would be considered a body of water. What do you all think? Maybe this article should be renamed/forwarded to something like "Geographical formations featuring water" but then it wouldn't take into account man-made ponds, canals, harbors etc.
Anyway, that's just my rambling for ya. LinguistAtLarge 00:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
This article describes a Sea loch as "a sea inlet loch." It describes an Inlet as being like a sea loch. And it describes a Loch as being like a sea inlet. That's not helpful. - Shaheenjim ( talk) 17:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC):]
This article should be renamed to Hydrographic feature to be more inclusive. Brad7777 ( talk) 13:05, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi! I noticed that most of the sources are an online dictionary. So my question is, have you tried looking up or using academic sources? Thanks -- Karahheater ( talk) 19:41, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
When I turned this into a table, my plan was to at least consider adding columns for the following items:
+ Column names for table on main page
Column name | Completeness | Relevant to | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Name | Done | ||
Description | Done | ||
Regions/dialects | Done | ||
Running/Stationary/Wetland | Done | Wetland is mostly a subset of stationary, though some can be running | |
Perennial or seasonal | Done | Running types | Turned out to be less useful than I'd hoped |
Coastal | Done | Stationary types (with the arguable exception of dyke) | Combined with the Perennial/Seasonal column. |
Salt or fresh | |||
Navigability | |||
Solidity | ie. Solid (frozen) or liquid; glaciers vs. rivers. Probably not very useful; this would make an icecap a body of water. |
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A canal is not a natural pool of water, is it? Expert opinions on this, please ;) 143.93.63.222 19:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Here's what the article currently says in the intro:
I just added the last three sentences because, I was mulling over this and in my mind as a native English speaker, a body of water is generally only a "big" body of water. Smaller things such as ponds & puddles wouldn't really be bodies of water. Also, I'm not sure if rivers, streams and other "moving" water would be considered a body of water. What do you all think? Maybe this article should be renamed/forwarded to something like "Geographical formations featuring water" but then it wouldn't take into account man-made ponds, canals, harbors etc.
Anyway, that's just my rambling for ya. LinguistAtLarge 00:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
This article describes a Sea loch as "a sea inlet loch." It describes an Inlet as being like a sea loch. And it describes a Loch as being like a sea inlet. That's not helpful. - Shaheenjim ( talk) 17:22, 23 August 2008 (UTC):]
This article should be renamed to Hydrographic feature to be more inclusive. Brad7777 ( talk) 13:05, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
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Dogs are cut but so thick dam boi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.48.60.106 ( talk) 14:51, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that most of the sources are an online dictionary. So my question is, have you tried looking up or using academic sources? Thanks -- Karahheater ( talk) 19:41, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
When I turned this into a table, my plan was to at least consider adding columns for the following items:
+ Column names for table on main page
Column name | Completeness | Relevant to | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Name | Done | ||
Description | Done | ||
Regions/dialects | Done | ||
Running/Stationary/Wetland | Done | Wetland is mostly a subset of stationary, though some can be running | |
Perennial or seasonal | Done | Running types | Turned out to be less useful than I'd hoped |
Coastal | Done | Stationary types (with the arguable exception of dyke) | Combined with the Perennial/Seasonal column. |
Salt or fresh | |||
Navigability | |||
Solidity | ie. Solid (frozen) or liquid; glaciers vs. rivers. Probably not very useful; this would make an icecap a body of water. |