Originally Posted by amma
Now I am sitting here thinking about all of the creeks where I grew up and that they did branch off from specific rivers. Now I know to call them cricks when they branch off of creeks... Very Interesting :D :D :D
Where I grew up, brooks were the little waters that fed into creeks, which fed into rivers. In the summer, brooks sometimes had little or no water in them, although occasionally there would be some that were spring-fed.