Tag:waterway=drainage_channel

waterway = 
Description
A narrow and shallow drainage channel dug in peat, with active drainage flow in the spring to remove standing water on grass. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: waterways
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should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
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Status: in use
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The tag waterway= has been used, as of December 2023, primarily by one mapper in one area of the Netherlands to mean the following:

These are narrow and shallow drainage channels dug in peat, with active drainage flow in the spring to remove standing water on grass. Too small for waterway=ditch. Typical of Dutch and UK peat and moor areas. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4599553

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