The Jaxartes was smaller than the Oxus and easily fordable. The river was fordable at this point. Rainfall during winter and early spring decreases the number of streams which are safely fordable. The river is fordable just above Chat. Van der Voort is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ford" (fordable place). At low water the river is sometimes fordable with a good 4-wheel drive. Where the river was fordable (at Cow Ford), the village of Eye Cross grew. The Panchgnaga and its feeders are fordable in the hot season. The river is fordable in many places in the dry season. Two were fordable but the other was deep and flowing at . The "Tirthankara" show the "fordable path" across the sea of interminable births and deaths. On the south, the Ruvuma River was fordable only its upper reaches. The moat was in several places fordable, and in other places completely dry.