{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-2-355","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-2-355","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in 85-2-306, the following definitions apply:\n(1) \"Ephemeral stream\" means a watercourse that has a channel and that carries water only during and shortly after precipitation or snow melt events.\n(2) \"Intermittent stream\" means a nonperennial flowing stream that has a channel and that annually carries water but is dry for part of the year in most years.\n(3) \"Perennial flowing stream\" means a stream that has flowed continuously during all seasons during dry as well as wet years, except when the flow is interrupted by diversions.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER","Part 3. Appropriations, Permits, and Certificates of Water Rights"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0550/0850-0020-0030-0550.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:16Z","sha256":"977c7e798a379d81e3c5aa84d6130375e8db6041c0f6baf8498979d40a76fb4b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-2-352","next":"us-mt/85-2-356"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}