Shallow water.

[Rango]

Does anybody know, how it looks like? I don't really what I have to look for, maybe a screenshot would be nice.

[WolframH]

It's the part of water which you can walk on. AFAIK all water areas have it on edges so when you find water, you've got plenty of shallow water, too.

[Rango]

thx, it works!

[Cookie]

I know of one small stretch of river bank which does not have any shallow water on one side. This is exactly at the edge of a minimap tile where the two minimap edges meet, so I think it is a glitch from when the map was generated.

[Machenoid]

Before you ask, no, there are no shallow river crossings. The only ways to cross a river are to:
- build or find a boat and ride it across
- swim across*
- teleport across by using traveling**

* (extremely dangerous, do not attempt without 100% stamina and 40 constitution ... or more)
** requires a known destination, all players start with 2; the RoB and their Hearth fire. The RoB is usually too far away to be used, and the hearth fire is presumably on the wrong (read: same) side compared to your current position.