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A stream is a continuous body of surface water [1] flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names.
Rivers? Streams? Creeks? These are all names for water flowing on the Earth's surface. Whatever you call them and no matter how large they are, they are invaluable for all life on Earth and are important components of the Earth's water cycle.
Streams play a critical role in the quality and supply of our drinking water by ensuring a continuous flow of clean water to surface waters and helping recharge underground aquifers. In the continental United States, 357,000 miles of streams provide water for public drinking water systems.
A stream is a small water body with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of the channel. It exists by itself and joins with other streams to form a large river. A stream may be permanent or seasonal depending on the source of its water and the climate and geography of its course.
What is streamflow? How do streams get their water? To learn about streamflow and its role in the water cycle, continue reading.
A stream is a body of flowing surface water of any size, ranging from a tiny trickle to a mighty river. The area from which the water flows to form a stream is its drainage basin. Some of the precipitation (rain or snow) that falls within a drainage basin is returned to the atmosphere via evaporation or transpiration.
Water current pervades every facet of existence for life in lotic (flowing water) habitats. Maintaining position in the face of flow can be energetically costly, but provides access to a...