Talk:Wallkill River

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What does it mean for a river to be impounded?

An impoundment is the technical term for any purposely constructed impediment to a river's flow, such as a dam or weir.Daniel Case 05:09, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Creek?

In British English a Creek is a small estuary where a river enters the sea, so draining in to a creek is the usual situation. The North American usage of a creek being a stream or small river stems from such rivers being explored originally from the sea and the name persisting further up stream. Would it be better to say drains in to a stream if that is what is meant? Billlion 06:37, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, to be fair, the Rondout where the Wallkill drains into it really ought to be called a river, since it's as wide as the Wallkill would be if not impounded at that point. I think it's really a matter of the Rondout having been taken its name further up, or the impoundment having been created later on.Daniel Case 05:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)