I know in Spain they have a name for "knee high rubber boots" does anyone remember?
they're used to walk on swamps, creeks and such
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Hola,
No sé si estos términos se usen en España, pero yo las conozco como "botas pantaneras" o "machitas".
Hope you find what you are looking for.
Unitl I saw the word rubber I thought you were talking about these:
I've always called them wellies, or wellingtons in English. The dictionary gives this translation: wellingtons, wellington boots -> botas (f pl) de agua or goma or (británico) caucho (español de México, español de Venezuela)
We call them " Gum boots " everyone has a pair of "Gummies" . 
Flood volunteers have been urged to ensure they wear appropriate footwear, but if they didn’t already have gumboots they may be in strife.
Across the city, hardware stores have sold out of gumboot stocks, thanks to a massive demand in the past week, coming after a spate of wet-weather music festivals such as Woodford.
Georgina Perrins from Paddington Hardware said they sold out of gumboots two days ago.
You don't get many of those to the pound!
In England we call them waders
