rapidless

English

rapidless (comparative more rapidless, superlative most rapidless)

(of a river or a stream) Without rapids.
- 2009, Dunbar Hardy, Paddling Colorado: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes
  "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."
(of an area or terrain) having no fast rivers or streams
- 1986, {unattributed}, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Volume 16
  "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."

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