A lick is a small watercourse or an
ephemeral
Ephemerality (from the Greek word , meaning 'lasting only one day') is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly. Academically, the term ephemeral constitutionally describes a diverse assortment of things and experiences, fr ...
stream. It ranks
hydrologically between a
rill and a
stream.
Geomorphology
{{Hydrology-stub