River or creek or ????????

[texaspacker]

How or who decides if it's called a river, creek, stream, bayou, brook etc.?

Yes. I looked this up first but I did not really get an answer to my query. I just got more confused.
This is why I thought I'd ask all you super giant brained TBH member. What are your thoughts on my water way conundrum?
When I hear the word creek. I seem to think of a" wet weather creek" because I was raised in West Texas.
According to the definitions I saw online.
A creek runs into the sea.
A river runs into an ocean.
Brushy Creek runs behind my place which flows into The Brazos River which flows into the Gulf Coast which is part of The Atlantic Ocean.
The definition of a river, creek etc. also applies to were you live.
The definitions I saw said the local dialect determines what it would, should or could be named. I've never heard of a brook in Texas but........
God bless!
Semper fi.

[Shane]

A bayou runs through a swamp. A stream is narrow and runs through a mountain valley. A brook is a creek that runs through Yankeeville, I guess??

Most of Texas has rivers and creeks. Creeks are small, narrow draws of running water that may or may not be seasonal in flow. Rivers are larger and have year round water.

At least that's the way I think about it.

[steven]

Rivers are large and have watersheds spanning entire regions and eventually empty into the gulf. Creeks are what feed them.

[clayree]

If you can jump over it or walk thru water not above your knees it is a creek; anything else is a river My two cents worth of how I avoided discipline as a child when I came home soaking wet!

[Abcdj]

Bayous= Gators?
Brook= Have Trout?
Stream= Has a spring always on?
Creek= Both wet and dry?
River= Always has water?

And yes I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.= Giant Noggin!

[chunkinlead]

If you can jump over it or walk thru water not above your knees it is a creek; anything else is a river My two cents worth of how I avoided discipline as a child when I came home soaking wet!

I know a lot of rivers that you can walk across and not get water above your knees. Sometimes not get wet at all.


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[texaspacker]

A bayou runs through a swamp. A stream is narrow and runs through a mountain valley. A brook is a creek that runs through Yankeeville, I guess??

Most of Texas has rivers and creeks. Creeks are small, narrow draws of running water that may or may not be seasonal in flow. Rivers are larger and have year round water.

At least that's the way I think about it.

See what I mean? Pot A toe, Paw ta taw, tater, tate her.
You said Yankeeville. Uhuh huh.

[Artos]

You guys are racists...forgetting about the awesome & important 'arroyos' down this way!!

[SaltwaterSlick]

Bayous= Gators?
Brook= Have Trout?
Stream= Has a spring always on?
Creek= Both wet and dry?
River= Always has water?

And yes I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.= Giant Noggin!

aw contraire...
If you ever go out US 90 west out of San Antonio, take a gander at the Frio and Dry Frio Rivers as you cross the bridges over them on 90... I've actually seen water coming over the highway there, but 99% of the time they're dry as a bone, yet they're called rivers... Neither of them have water very often... just during torrential rain periods...

[Abcdj]

aw contraire...
If you ever go out US 90 west out of San Antonio, take a gander at the Frio and Dry Frio Rivers as you cross the bridges over them on 90... I've actually seen water coming over the highway there, but 99% of the time they're dry as a bone, yet they're called rivers... Neither of them have water very often... just during torrential rain periods...

My answer was total BS Slick I have no clue here! TP is my bro. So I was just pulling his chain. He does have one nice back yard though

[double bogey]

How does Pecan Bayou classify as a bayou.

[Rush2Judge]

If you can't throw a rock across it, it's a river. If you can, it's a creek. And yes, I did just make that up.

[Muskles]

To add to your confusion, Striker creek and Neches river are both in my neck of the woods. Both have water year round. Both are about the same width/depth. Both feed into and out of a lake. Both run into another creek/river, I'm pretty sure.

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[shark79]

Creeks are cricks in Colorado.

[texaspacker]

I was hoping someone had an earth shaking answer.
There has to be one guy that works for The Colorado River Authority on TBH or some similar water, land etc. job than can shine a light on this dumb but also intriguing subject. I think it's intriguing . A lot of good BS answers but.............