Why is it called a "Drainage" ?

[Soj51hopeful]

I thought “hollers” were from the coal mining days of hollowing material.

 

[flyfisher117]

Why do easterners call their hills mountains?

 

[HighUintas]

In southern Illinois we called them draws and also hollers.

In Utah, I refer to the major canyons coming off a prominent mountain ridge or range as "drainage". The smaller canyons or bowls within that drainage are referred to as canyon or valley and/or bowl. Outside of the mountains I'd refer to the large flat expanses as valleys if in between mountain ranges. If in a really large expanse between ranges I'd call it a basin.

If wanting to sound cool I say diy solo OTC backcountry bowl. Bruh

 

[ozyclint]

It's actually spelled "hollow", and then mangled into incomprehensibility.

You mean like 'solder' as in soldering wires together?

In USA and Canada it's pronounced 'sawh-da' and 'sawh-da-ring'

In the rest of the english speaking world it's pronounced 'solder'

 

[wyosam]

Being from the east, tri-state area. Why is it called a drainage, and not a valley or rock filled valley.

Why when Elk hunting, it's called a 'draw' and not a valley.

Am I that much of a flat lander, that you westerners speak a different language??

Draws are perpendicular from the ridgeline, typically wouldn’t always have water. Drainages can be smaller or larger. Example the x creek drainage feeds into the y river drainage. When said river dumps out into a flatter, wider area, it might be referred to as a valley. Often this doesn’t happen until multiple creeks/smaller rivers have come together to create a larger river, and countless other draws, drainages, creeks and rivers pour into that river. The whole giant area that feeds water into said large river system is a watershed. There ya go, now go kill shit.


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[solarshooter]

Maybe someone on this thread can explain what a "crick" is??

 

[RockAndSage]

You mean like 'solder' as in soldering wires together?

In USA and Canada it's pronounced 'sawh-da' and 'sawh-da-ring'

In the rest of the english speaking world it's pronounced 'solder'

I can't hear you over the sound of all that aluminium...

Also, let's not discuss the issue of pronouncing Edinburgh.

 

[Geewhiz]

Maybe someone on this thread can explain what a "crick" is??

That’s what you get in your neck if you sleep without a pillow.

 

[kylem]

Maybe someone on this thread can explain what a "crick" is??

A creek is a small river and a crick is a small river with at least 1 tire in it.

 

[fishdart]

Suppose a particular drainage is a gully or a gulch and leads to a coulee...

Do you have runs in the west? Typically those are our small, mountain feeder streams.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Maybe someone on this thread can explain what a "crick" is??

There usually run smack dab in the middle of the holler...

 

[Jethro]

Maybe someone on this thread can explain what a "crick" is??

Crick is water flowing in bottom of a holler

 

[Wiscocrisco]

Being from the east, tri-state area. Why is it called a drainage, and not a valley or rock filled valley.

Why when Elk hunting, it's called a 'draw' and not a valley.

Am I that much of a flat lander, that you westerners speak a different language??

In the Midwest we have “Coulees” , small valleys in the Mississippi River bluffs

 

[2531usmc]

Reading this I can only picture people in overalls and no shirt drinking moonshine with a smile that shows off their tooth.

That’s only valid if they are sitting on an old sofa on their porch

So said a proud graduate of West Virginia University

 

[Jpsmith1]

Reading this I can only picture people in overalls and no shirt drinking moonshine with a smile that shows off their tooth.

I believe the technical term is "teefs"

That functions as both singular and plural

 

[survivalistd]

That’s only valid if they are sitting on an old sofa on their porch

So said a proud graduate of West Virginia University

Roadkill is legal also.

 

[Drenalin]

When D. Ray White told Billy Hastings to "Get on out of the holler", you understood that the holler wasn't just where you lived, it was who you were. People in Appalachia are often identified by their holler. For example, "He's one of them Millers from over in Troublesome Holler". Often, an entire holler would be populated exclusively by a single extended family and remain that way for generations.

You must have come around a different Troublesome Holler than I did…we wouldn’t have tolerated no Millers.

 

[Marbles]

Roadkill is legal also.

AK has a list you can get on to be called by the troopers to pick up roadkill. So, not just legal, but state sponsored.

 

[survivalistd]

AK has a list you can get on to be called by the troopers to pick up roadkill. So, not just legal, but state sponsored.

I wish that was ok in Southern California