Meanings of shallow reaches in English

It was here about 100 yards wide, with shallow reaches of water, the banks rising steep-thirtyto forty feet.

By this means shallow reaches can be made to hold good fish, and the eddies and ripples make them easy to catch.

The town was an important port on that area of the Lower Shannon where canals were used to bypass the shallow reaches of the river.

Winding away southward, in the midst of the broad valley, the stream shone like burnished silver in the shallow reaches, or sparkled over rocky beds.