abandoned watercourses (geographic features)

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Scope note
Streams or distributaries that no longer carry flowing water but whose trace is still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic, or vegetation patterns along their fomer course. For watercourses that no longer exist, use "lost watercourses."
abandoned watercourses
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024