Rill vs. Rivulet — What's the Difference?

In hillslope geomorphology, a rill is a shallow channel (no more than a few tens of centimetres deep) cut into soil by the erosive action of flowing water. Similar but smaller incised channels are known as microrills; larger incised channels are known as gullies.

A small brook or stream; a streamlet.

A small brook; a rivulet.

A small brook or stream; a streamlet; a gill.

Variant of rille.

Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.

A small stream or brook; a streamlet.

(planetology) rille.

A small stream

To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.

A very small brook; a streamlet.

See Rille.

To run a small stream.

A small stream

A small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)