The embankment dams the headwaters of streams which formerly flowed westwards to discharge into the River Penk.

It is named for a stream that formerly flowed through the area, but has since been mostly channelled underground.

Aluche takes its name from the Luche creek that formerly flowed through the neighbourhood.

It took its name from a large spring that formerly flowed near the town.

At County Lock the river enters the centre of Reading, where it formerly flowed through the centre of a large brewery.

The synagogue and the congregation received now much of the devotion which formerly flowed toward the temple and Jerusalem.

Because of water taken out for irrigation use, up to 20% of the water that formerly flowed in the river no longer reaches the Caspian Sea.

In 2006, a section of Ravenna Creek through the southeastern end of the park was daylighted, having formerly flowed into a storm drain.

The Oosterschelde formerly flowed along its east and north edges.

One tradition states that it formerly flowed with milk.