Distinctions

As few days ago I saw what is referred to as a “sawyer”. I wanted definition of the other terms for water hazards.   This is from a Kentucky state site:

“Steamboats had to be on particular watch for different types of river hazards. “Rafts” were accumulations of logs that lodged on sandbars. Snags in the river waters came in a couple of forms. One, called “planters,” were whole trees whose roots had become embedded in the river bottom and reinforced by silt. The tree tops, limbs, and branches devastated many craft. “Sawyers” were much like planters but bobbed in the river top down with the bottom of the tree and roots cutting the water’s surface similar to a sawmill blade.”

More distinctions.  Flowing into the Ohio are many ”rivers”, like the Licking River the Muskingum or Kanawha; “creeks”, and then “runs”.  Dictionary lists do not define “run”, but they are common on the Ohio. Too small to be a creek. All of this inflow reminds me that the river does not just fully start in Pittsburgh. The Ohio is the accumulation of many flows of water, including runs. 

Sawyer with heron.