0 (in the southern US) an area of slowly moving water at the side of the main river --
1 (in the southern US) an area of slowly moving or still water connected to a river or lake --
This proves perfect as the nearly 1 million lights reflect from the bayou's murky waters.
He continued to follow the riverbank downstream until a deep bayou blocked his path.
The bayou is long and is navigable near the shallow-draft port at the mouth.
Their dredging, completed in 1944, gave the bayou a depth of 9 ft and a bottom width of 100 ft.
In later years, steamboats ran on the bayou.
The bayou is long and is partly navigable.
Jogging, biking, kayaking and fishing are popular in this area, although most people consider the bayou unfit for swimming.
Sanitary conditions in the city were poor, with many domestic wells close by privies and drained by a fetid bayou.
