This paper presents the results of a laboratory photographic study on the characteristics of vertical circular jets discharged from the bed at right angles into crossflows of finite depth. Such jets have been divided into two groups termed as deep water and shallow water jets. A parameter has been developed to distinguish between deep and shallow water jets. While deep water jets are generally similar to jets in crossflows of large extent, shallow water jets exhibit a number of differences including bifurcation, Correlations have been developed for the characteristics of both deep and shallow water jets. The results of this study are important and useful for the hydraulic design of submerged outfalls in rivers.