brook, creek (noun)

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

"the creek dried up every summer"

Creek (noun)

any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

creek (Noun)

A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

creek (Noun)

A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

creek (Noun)

Any turn or winding.

Creek (Noun)

one of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States

Creek (Adjective)

of or pertaining to the Creek tribe

Creek (ProperNoun)

the Muskogean language of the Creek tribe

Creek

A tidal creek, tidal channel, or estuary is the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides, in the case that the subject stream discharges to an ocean, sea or strait. Thus this portion of the stream has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle. Due to the temporal variability of water quality parameters within the tidally influenced zone, there are unique biota associated with tidal creeks, which biota are often specialised to such zones. Creeks may often dry to a muddy channel with little or no flow at low tide, but often with significant depth of water at high tide.