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Why are rivers and streams different colours?
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It is a common misconception that in large water bodies, the water's colour is blue. The only reason why the water is blue is due to the reflection from the sky on its surface. For this same reason, rivers and streams do not have colours (unless the water is unclean and therefore muddy), the colours seen are a reflection of the sky or what is underneath, could be algae, rocks or plants.
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A River is a collection of Streams, a Stream doesn't have any other streams running into it and exist by itself.
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Usually it's simply a matter of opinion. A stream is a smaller version of a river, but one countries river can be another countries stream. A basic example being - USA has thousands
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a river and a stream are both fast moving bodies of water but the river is called a river because it is larger, deep, longer and wider as a stream is a thin shallow where you can
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Opinion as to what to classify it as and in general its size. For example - what would be classed as a stream in USA might be bigger that the biggest 'river' in another country.
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