rapidless

adj — 2 senses

rapidless

adj

Etymology From rapid + -less.

1

Without rapids.

Of a river or a stream

  • "The river itself is flat and picks up quite a bit of current in highest flows, but otherwise it is a straightforward, rapidless section of beginner water."2009, Dunbar Hardy, Paddling Colorado: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes:
2

Of an area or terrain having no fast rivers or streams

  • The Zambezi contains at least 14 species that were not found in the Kwando River; ten of these species are strongly rheophilic, explaining their absence in the rapidless and rockless Kwando-Linyanti.1986, {unattributed}, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Volume 16

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