Where the river used to meander along and overflow into the flood plain, watering the vegetation growing along its banks, all this vegetation has now been cleared away leaving the flood plain tidier but barren.
過去河川彎彎曲曲，有泛濫平原、曲流，及自然生長的溪邊植物，如今兩岸植物被清除，河道雖然變得整齊，但卻貧瘠。