swails

Over time (decades to centuries) the river course meanders across the floodplain making the várzea an ever-changing and heterogeneous landscape with a diversity of fluvial elements such as oxbow lakes, levees, meander swails, and point bars.

Monte Alegre varzea 2008

He sought hazard mitigation dollars and used the money to keep drainage channels open and swails clear, Phillips said.

All Stories 2011