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A draft is a regional American term for a geographical feature. A draft is a gorge, gully, ravine, or valley that contains a small river or creek. The term is commonly used near the Appalachian Moutains of north-central Pennsylvania and near the border of Virginia and West Virginia. Jan DeBlieu notes that the term is rarely used outside of these three locations.

Other regional terms for geographical features that are similar to a draft include cove, draw, glen, gorge, gulch, and hollow. The term cove is used in the Great Smokey Mountains of Westerh North Carolina and East Tennessee and is "a sheltered valley mainly or entirely enclosed by ridges and having a relatively level floor, arable land, and a single drainage outlet".

In many cases, the geographical draft became part of the name of an area. For example, Ramseys Draft Wilderness in the George Washington National Forest of Virginia includes the geographical feature, Ramseys Draft. Stuarts Draft is a census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia. It was named for Thomas Stuart, an early land owner in the area, and for its small valley, historically called a draft.

In a few cases, the draft's name has shifted from the valley to its stream, such as Hughes Draft (also known as Hughes Creek) in Alleghany County, Vriginia; Jericho Draft in Greenbrier County, West Virginia; and Whitehead Draft in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Sometimes the same name refers to both a valley and a creek, such as Back Draft in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

List of Drafts
Following is a list of drafts found in United States Geological Survey topographic maps and publications, unless otherwise indicated.