If I remember from my old college geology class, the difference between a creek and a river is the distance it flows, although I can't remember what that distance was.

Here is another one...describe a "saddle"

Edited by - VAhuntr on 12/11/2002 07:35:17

Guess it depends on where you live.....around here we use lay of land terminology like Gap, Hogback, and Saddle....and for the water, Branch...LOL.....

In our line of work, we must be able to play Dixie and the Battle Hym of the Republic, With Equal Enthusiasm.

This is pretty sad, guys, we're debating stuff like this?

Basically, the only difference in any of the terms above depends either on size, creation, or location. If it's big, it's not a ditch, if it was made by water, it's not a bottom or a hollow, or a valley, and depending on where you're at in the nation, it's going to have different names, but as long as you get the idea that it's a low land form, you're set.

Screw the 10 ring, keep them in the zero!!!