What the names for bodies of water mean

What do all those bodies of water really mean?
In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water.
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Bodies of water seem simple: but there are a lot of different terms for bodies of water. From well-known terms like ocean, lake, river, and tributary, to more obscure ones like tarn, kettle lake, and firth, these bodies of water shape our world. So put on your geography life jacket and go for a swim in the fantastic world of water.
You'll learn about gulfs, arroyos, fjords, oceans, bays, coves, and man other definitions for bodies of water. We can help you understand them - but you have to explore them.
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That music made it sound way too epic. Haha.

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Alex Brinkley I was thinking the same thing

[@andre4273]

One lake to rule them all

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Alex Brinkley Gives a real Pirates of thr Caribbean/ Indiana Jones production value feel.

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Andre Costa Makes you wonder why we dont just call this place Planet Water.

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US The Blue Planet (II, release date 29 Oct 2017)

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the music

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Exactly what I was thinking

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the way they talked about the water

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Creddz it's the animation style

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no swamp?

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Somebody once told me... swamp is off-limits.

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Swamp, marsh, bayou, wetland.

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Shrek disapproves

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Can you guys do a similar video for pathways? The difference between roads, avenues, streets, boulevards etc.?

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Vox. An informative body of water.

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The music is to loud comparing to the narrative. My ear is bleeding.

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Anyone know what the music was called?

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My same question: what was the title and artist of the music?

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Trevor Matthews I think they said it at the end. 4:58 It’s either PINNACLE by Daniel Nielsen (ASCAP) or FJORD, MYSTIC BALTIC by Christopher Tin (BMI)

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Never though i would be watching a movie about water

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swamps or brooks?

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MijaMix brook is one of the "many words" for creek, so it was implicitly mentioned. I do agree that they could have addressed swamps, marshes, bayous, etc...

[@seigeengine]

They mentioned rivers and deltas. Wetlands aren't really bodies of water, reservoir is just a term for a storage of water, and rapid is just a type of river.

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I think a swamp has more to do with the life and land around the water than the attributes of the water itself

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I love the Loch Ness moments, the music just added to the moments

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Getting Game of Thrones vibes

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Fishyy the fish or Lord Of The Rings.

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Fishyy the fish Pirates of the Caribbean

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[@Lisa_ink]

Interesting to hear words that are adapted in dutch that I didn't know of, strait => straat, mere => meer

[@mellonmarshall]

well the dutch have water around them and they took that knowledge to the English so we borrow the words too. I live in Norwich and we have like 7 Plains as in wide open streets and we get that from the Dutch or Strangers

[@RaymondHng]

Lisa Martens Dutch, English, German, Afrikaans, Limburgish, Scots, and Frisian are West Germanic languages.

[@JellyFlavoredGerman]

Lisa Martens They're Germanic words left over from Old English the Anglo Saxons spoke pre-1066. More common up North.

[@MarcelJunior]

even in Portuguese we have similar words: strait is estreito and lagoon is lagoa

[@RaymondHng]

That's because Latin-based vocabulary entered the English language.

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The music in this was phenomenal!

[@catarinat.d.773]

"Fjord" and "Mystic Baltic" by Christopher Chiyan Tin, and also "Pinnacle" by Daniel Jay Nielsen ;)

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I love how you went kayaking just for a couple seconds of footage lol

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For anyone curious, first song is Fjord, second is Mystic Baltic, and third is Pinnacle all by Corner Stone Cues

[@joshsea2145]

what about a bayou !!

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cool

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VOX talking about water now

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check your water privilege vox

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they thirsty

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But still no Filthy Frank lore

[@neelparmar6690]

SJW's will complain that only the privileged bodies of water were mentioned but not the obscure ones

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thanks for stating the obvious :D

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I'm a freshman in university and majoring in geography. This video TRULY helps me a lot with all the confusions ! Thanks vox !!!!

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That was super informational. Thanks Vox.

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[@justanedit001]

_"No comment on Monster"_ *shows Loch Ness*

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Excellent! I’ve always wondered about the different names, and now I know!

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Vox animations are always amazing!

[@mohammedal-majed7881]

You forgot River

[@mksabourinable]

He mentioned river in reference to others, so maybe that's why? Because it was kinda already in there? Though I wouldn't have minded a specification about what qualifies something as a river.....

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Kye Talks They forgot Brook too

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and creek

[@seigeengine]

I like how many people are in the comments saying they forgot things they actually mentioned in the video. LOL

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3:20 lmao

[@nateslovebug]

The line between "river" and "creek" can be murky (pun intended). Where I grew up, Gales Creek is bigger than the Wilson River, and no one could explain to me why that was the case.

[@stefanbanovski7559]

nateslovebug That would be because the creek most likely flooded over time and became larger, but no one updated the name

[@nateslovebug]

Stefan Banovski possible. Maybe someone on the internet knows for sure. :)

[@nateslovebug]

Ah. So that could be true as well, but that explanation is unnecessary. The Wilson River is quite a bit larger on average, I happened to just be familiar with the points where their sizes overlap.

[@hart-of-gold]

In general a river is deeper. If flow slows down a creek becomes a series of pools with small drops between them, whereas for a river, the pools are long narrow lines following the channel and slopes between are gentle.

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Love the music, it's so calming..

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Water great video Vox!

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Be water my friend...

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this was awesome!! Continue this series!!

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Fariz Adnan "fluidly" I see what you did thereq

[@smarkwick7814]

What about bayou

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SpmSam and swamp

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The music made this feel so magical, I love it!

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*All I learned from this is WATER!*

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Dawson's Ghyll

[@nightowlanna1069]

The music, the animation....it all makes it so much better. Besides that, it's a very interesting topic. Well done Vox!

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Loved this vid so much. Music, graphics, transitions, animations, jokes, narration, description, and information. Well done well done. Loved it loved it.

[@SudarshanAshiya]

Helpful

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This was very useful thanks

[@MeliaMimi]

This music is making me feel a rollercoaster of emotions

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Nice

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Just make a book already.

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I love this. So relaxing.

[@Som1.]

What about the underground bodies of water?

[@dirtypure2023]

Makes no sense, but let's just call those "tables".

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Parrot Ox aquifers, underground rivers and lakes, permafrost etc.

[@seigeengine]

Arguably not really bodies of water.

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I should be in a lecture...

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Finally a Fragmovie that's not overproduced and a song I'd actually listen to

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Absolutely LOVED this!

[@toose8388]

I don't think "sea" needs to refer to an inland body of water. The north sea, celtic sea, norwegian sea, greeland sea, arabian sea, etc. are all just subsections of the atlantic/pacific oceans, named mostly based on the lands that surround them. None of these examples (there are more!) are inland at all.

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Why haven't you guys included squirt water?

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This was amazing!

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This was like epic and super inspirational, and it is about terms for bodies of water. Never cease to amaze, Vox

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H2O

[@TLRPhotographe]

"Southern Ocean" really ? it's the Antarctic Ocean (or Austral Ocean if you really want it)

[@TLRPhotographe]

By the US only, "The Southern Ocean is the 'newest' named ocean. It is recognized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names" NOAA website. Tell that to the IHO in Monaco 😄

[@hart-of-gold]

Australians call it the Southern Ocean, so do New Zealanders and the Britons. And so is anyone calling it the Austral Ocean, they're just saying it in latin.

[@origamipostit]

Wow! The animation is awesome for a video about water. And the music too. Great job Vox!!

[@nicc2138]

Nice video, Vox! I must start exploring some bodies of water now!

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One of the first!!!

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🏆

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Good boy

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MrMeTech Thanks dad

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That music was so whimsical and grandiose. It made everything seem magical

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Excellent video! The sound is epic! This video is too underrated!

[@neeger]

Last

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Ben Dover lies

[@markdatter2802]

Wanna know a body of water they didn't mention? Houston!! 🤣 Too soon? Okay bye.

[@deaf-tomcat]

Lol, the joke will only land if you use correct spelling smh.

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As a Houstonian... Lol

[@airbubba1]

While on the subject of Houston...bayou was not mentioned in this video

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@@deaf-tomcat but there is no land

[@Dyne7246]

The music is great! I hope you have more videos like this!

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Very Informative, especially mapping makes it easier to understand

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Well that was a weird video (still amazing though)

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Damn I'm early !!!

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Thanks for the learning VOX!

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can vox start another second channel for their politically fueled videos, and put their mini-docs on their main channel? Looking at their viewership, you can see that a lot of people love their informative videos, and then there is a whole host of people that get annoyed and stop watching their videos all together after political episodes

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Colin Craig I second this, ‘‘tis true.

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Just don't watch the Political Videos...😂 Its not that hard because all the people are different...

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This video was so well made!

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"No comment on the monster" - Vox -

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Great Production Values.

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I really enjoyed that. Thank you.

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Thank you, an excellent roundup of terms, always there will be some missed out.

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Thanks Vox!

[@druford]

Two things. 1. Loch Ness is not an inlet that connects to the ocean, which is called a sea loch. It's a freshwater loch. 2. Sticking with Scotland, one could do an equally long video on the Gaelic words for bodies of water: allt, abhainn, sruth, linne fairge, cuan, muir, glumag, caol, bàgh, bùrn, loch, lochan, pow. And this leaves out most of the general terms for water and rain. It's a wet place.

[@lastman191]

Beautifully made

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Loved this.