2007-03-31 09:20:46 · 8 answers · asked by Joe M 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Traditionally, a stream is navigable by watercraft (such as a canoe or a kayak, say) whereas a creek is not. Creeks generally feed streams and may dry up during certain parts of the year. Next smaller than a creek would be a 'rill' which is a transient flow that bleeds water from a slope and dries up shortly after a rainfall. Next larger than a stream would be a river.
2007-03-31 09:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by xaviar_onasis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A creek is smaller than a stream. However, there is no agreed to size as to when something is called a creek or a stream.
2007-03-31 16:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Cerdic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stream is smaller that a creek. A stream is not man made. A creek can be but either way it can't. So, it kind of all depends on if it is man-made or not.
2007-03-31 16:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be regional but in my region a creek was between a river and stream. A creek is larger.
2007-03-31 16:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A creek is one type of stream. A creek is small and natural (not man-made). Too small for a motor boat.
A brook is smaller than a creek, and you can walk across it easy.
A river is bigger than a creek, and you can take a motor boat on it.
2007-03-31 16:27:48 · answer #5 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creek
A stream smaller than a river.
Stream
A body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook
A steady current in water, as in a river or the ocean
Stream is the actual movement or flow of rivers and creeks by definition, regional meanings may vary.
2007-03-31 16:30:30 · answer #6 · answered by friendlyflyr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no difference; it's just a regional thing.
2007-03-31 16:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a creak ends in a pond, a streem leads to a river.
2007-03-31 16:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋