Stagnant.

Rivers ebb and flow through the rocks and grasslands. Sometimes, they swell with water and make the grass green and lush. Other times, they are so low that some areas barely trickle and we forget that it even existed.

Stagnant water starts as a mere puddle or pond. Then, it grows algae and becomes the home for various insects. Eventually, stagnant water begans to reek. It reeks because it is going nowhere. It is not flowing towards the sea or a lake. It has no real significance.

Still, it might rain and that rain could flow through the stagnant water mixing it with the ever-flowing river. But it could just stay stagnant and be satified with its predicament.

Where is that river?