Understanding Trout Streams Classifications
Classifying a body of flowing water by size is simple, for example, rivers by definition are large, creeks are smaller and feeder streams are smaller yet. However, further classification is often difficult because location, geology, chemistry, biological life, flow rate and a host of other physical and chemical characteristics are all different. Regardless of what we call them, each body of flowing water takes on the chemical characteristics of the dissolved portion of the substrate over which it flows, making the chemistry and the PH of each one unique.
