An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
a slow-moving or stationary body of water that was once part of a larger body of water (like a river or lake) and is now a swamp. The word "bayou" is mostly used in Louisiana and Mississippi.
A relatively small, sluggish waterway through lowlands or swamps, generally with a slow, almost imperceptible current flow. Often also defined simply as slow moving streams crisscrossing Louisiana.
Generally, a minor, sluggish waterway or estuarial creek, generally tidal or with a slow or imperceptible current, and with its course generally through lowlands or swamps tributary to, or connecting with, other bodies of water. Also called slough.
n. (Fr. boyau, a gut, long narrow passage) a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, etc.; also a backwater.
Swampy area that is a common in Louisiana near the end of the Mississippi River delta.
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
a broad, generally slow moving distributary
a creek or a secondary waterway that is a passageway to another larger body of water
a marsh -like body of water tributary to a lake or a river
an unusually swampy area of slow-moving water that's part of a secondary watercourse that includes woody plants such as trees
a section of still or slow-moving marshy water cut off from a main river channel, often in the form of an oxbow lake
a small body of water found in the southern states of the United States of America , especially Louisiana
a small secondary river that feeds into larger bodies of water
Slow stream, or body of water running through a marsh or swamp.
slow moving creek or channel of water that connects with another body of water
A sluggish stream, bigger than a creek but smaller than a river.
The streams crisscrossing Louisiana.
by yoo] Slow moving stream
From the Choctaw word bayuk, the bayous are the lowland swamps of South Louisiana where the Cajuns first settled. The bayous furnished many important ingredients in Cajun and Creole cuisine, including rice, crawfish, alligator, turtle, catfish, and wild game.
A bayou (pronounced or ) is a small, slow-moving stream or creek. Bayous are usually located in low-lying areas, for example in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States. Many bayous are the home of crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish and catfish.