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Stream A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. watercourse streams stream watercourses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a> is a natural stream of water, normally of a large volume. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjANZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ColoradoRiverOfArizona</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj5qJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YangtzeRiver</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViHb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThamesRiver</a>. <p/> For smaller streams, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>. river River tidal creek TidalCreek A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a> is a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>. (IntermittentBodyOfWaterFn Stream) intermittent watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rd8KghqoEEdqAAAAOpmP6tw" class="cyc_term">Stream_Canalized</a> is a natural stream of water which has been significanly modified by deepening, straightening, or installing dikes. Stream-Canalized stream-canalized PartiallyUndergroundStream lost river Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdEqJ-K62EdqAAAAOpjlAWA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyUndergroundStream</a> is a stream or river which for one or more sections does not flow above ground, but flows below the surface, possibly reappearing further downstream, possibly not. Creek A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a> is a natural stream of water with a comparatively smaller amount of flow than a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>. (Note that the distinction between a creek and a river is difficult to specify with any precision.) creek An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a> and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkF6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NaturalTangibleStuff</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a> is an inanimate object that was not created by an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>. Thus, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoonOfEarth</a>, human <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjJtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweat</a> staining a shirt, and most footprints left by people in the snow belong to this collection; but wood chips left around a tree being chopped down, tailings left from a mine, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a> do not. InanimateObject-Natural natural inanimate thing concept related to bodies of water WaterBodyConcept A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rrwTJ-v7BEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">WaterBodyConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with bodies of water. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, and relations used for describing the parts, sizes, locations, uses, and other features of various types of water-bodies are instances of this collection. BodyOfWater A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjORZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> is a natural or artificial topographical feature consisting of a relatively large volume of water primarily in liquid form, contained by an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Basin_Topographical</a>. Both the basin and the water are considered parts of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBuSs-tSsQdaVn6xwikTZ7w" class="cyc_term">basinOfBodyOfWater</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPWOuxhQEEdqAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">waterOfBodyOfWater</a>. <p/> Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Harbor</a>. <p/> Note that relatively small, purely artificial containers of water (such as swimming pools or tanks of water) are <i>not</i> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Moreover, topographical features such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgD8xJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Glacier</a>s or snowfields, which contain a large volume of water primarily in solid form, are also <i>not</i> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. body of water <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object AFewExamplesOfCustomaryPaths-PathTraversal-Topic A few examples of customary paths path traversal topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4riEuTsLqNEdqAAAACs6hnmQ" class="cyc_term">Watercourse</a> is either a natural channel produced by flowing water (for example, each instance of the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>), or an artifact designed to carry flowing water (for example, some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>). Watercourse watercourse NaturalObstacle natural obstacle geography-topic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQuFAV2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Geography_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of geography. Geography-Topic natural feature type NaturalFeatureType <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which naturally occur on the surface of the Earth. Positive examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s. Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. ecological region EcologicalRegion A collection of geographical regions. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjKJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EcologicalRegion</a> is a region having one or more characteristic ecosystems. From knowledge of those ecosystems, we can posit whether certain organisms can forage, reproduce, and live successfully there. Information about ecological regions typically also includes what kinds of organisms are in fact found there. In theory, any arbitrary continuous region could be analyzed as an ecological region, but most regions identified in practice have some kind of sameness or systematic interconnection in their topology, climate, and biology. Examples: the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBnu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternDesertOfEgypt</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr5ZE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatBarrierReef</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgEX1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Amazon_Region</a>. Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. LongThinObject The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are long and thin. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rh5fAaHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">LongThinObject</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> that characterizes a tangible object which has one dimension whose length exceeds that of each of the other two dimensions by at least a factor of three. E.g., pencils, straws, telephone wire, submarines, skyscrapers. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SheetShapedObject</a>. long and thin Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. <p/> Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams.