rapids's Usage Examples:

In the late 1930s, the construction of the Bonneville Dam led to the submerging of the rapids and most of the 1896 structures.

For this part of its course it has the character of a swift moving mountain river with numerous small waterfalls and rapids.

Major intersections Photo gallery Trout River rapids close to Sambaa Deh Falls Mackenzie Highway, NWT.

At the western end of Mascoma Lake, the Mascoma River, now in Lebanon, drops quickly over rapids, passing numerous small [dams] in the center of Lebanon and on its way to West Lebanon, where it reaches the Connecticut River.

In the last third of its length it drops two-thirds of its total drop, and is known for having navigable rapids, which make it a popular site for whitewater kayaking and canoeing.

Congo River Rapids, a water ride that simulates raging whitewater rapids.

Native American tribes in the region visited Amoskeag Falls due to its plentiful migrating sturgeon, alewife, and salmon, which were easily fished in the rapids.

After a difficult ride through the worst of the rapids, the three arrive in Council City and confront Harry.

history goes back to the colonial period of the bandeirantes and the gold panhandlers who followed the river upstream, arrived at the rapids of Pirapora and.

This required the use of winter roads and river movement, including several portages around rapids, and was soon found to be cumbersome, slow, and a bottleneck.

Synonyms:

fast,

Antonyms:

gradual, slow,