Key:waterway:name
 waterway:name
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Name of the waterway enclosed by a water body 
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The waterway:name=* tag is used on water areas (tagged natural=water) to specify the name of the enclosed waterway=* feature.
Background
Generally in OSM, riverbanks are tagged as natural=water plus a water=* type tag such as water=river. Some mappers have historically added name=* tags to these features using the name of the waterway=*. This can cause some unintended issues, primarily the duplication of water labels on rendered maps. Moving this name=* tag to waterway:name=* fixes these issues without losing information. Data consumers can benefit from having waterway names tagged on water areas.
The waterway:name=* tag supports dual name tagging when a specific area of river, such as a pond or lagoon, has an distinct name (which is suitable for the name=* tag).
How to map
The tagging for waterway:name=* tags follows the same pattern as for name=* tags. For example, you can tag a French name as waterway:name:fr=*.
The content of waterway:name=* tags should match the name=* tags of the referenced waterway. If a river area covers multiple named waterways, consider splitting it up so each area only contains one primary waterway. If a pond or reservoir contains multiple named waterways, consider omitting the waterway:name=* tag.
Examples
- 17066325
17066325 – Tappan Zee on the Hudson River - 12103369 12103369 – Conowingo Reservoir on the Susquehanna River
- 107087342
107087342 – Cayuga Creek riverbank - 10366679 10366679 – Канал им. Москвы riverbank
See also
waterbody:name=*– used on waterways to indicate the name of the enclosing water body