The phrase "flowing about" is a correct phrase in written English.
It is used to describe things that are moving about freely and easily, often in a leisurely manner. For example, you could say, "The leaves were flowing about in the pleasant autumn breeze."
River Tay, longest river in Scotland, flowing about 120 miles (193 km) from its source on the north slopes of Ben Lui to the North Sea below Dundee.
Clinch River, river rising in Tazewell county, southwestern Virginia, U.S., and flowing about 300 miles (480 km), generally southwest, through the Great Appalachian Valley into eastern Tennessee.
Efforts on a similar scale aimed at harvesting the energy flowing about us are entirely appropriate, and could make things a great deal better.
After flowing about 9 miles (14 km) through New Hampshire, it moves roughly southwestward and forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont for about 238 miles (383 km).
Pecos River, river in the southwestern United States, rising in Mora County, north-central New Mexico, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and flowing about 926 miles (1,490 km) through eastern New Mexico and western Texas.
Licking River, river, rising in Magoffin county, east Kentucky, U.S., and flowing about 320 miles (515 km) generally northwest to enter the Ohio River at Covington, Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio.
Normal blood is mostly thin and watery and filled with cells that flow about easily without getting stuck together.
Do not put so much oil that it flows about; just a tablespoonful is all you need.
Nurses in masks flowed about her.
The Mekong flows about 2,600 miles from its headwaters in Tibet before diffusing into the delta.
The Kagera flows about 250 miles (400 km) north and east.
