- oxbow lake
- noun a curved lake formed from a horseshoe bend in a river where the main stream has cut across the neck and no longer flows around the loop of the bend.
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Oxbow lake — Songhua River, northeast China. Swirls and curves, showing paths the river once took, as well as oxbow lakes, are easily seen in this satellite photo. An oxbow lake is a U shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a… … Wikipedia
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oxbow lake — Small lake located in a former meander loop of a river or stream channel. It is generally formed as a river cuts through a meander neck to shorten its course, blocks off the old channel, and then migrates away from the lake. If only one loop is… … Universalium
oxbow lake — The crescent shaped, often ephemeral body of standing water situated by the side of a stream in the abandoned channel (oxbow) of a meander after the stream formed a neck cutoff and the ends of the original bend were silted up. Compare:… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
oxbow lake — noun a crescent shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel • Hypernyms: ↑lake … Useful english dictionary
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Oxbow Elementary — is a small school in the township of White Lake, Michigan. It is located at 100 Oxbow Lake Road, ZIP code is 48386 It has grade levels K 5 and is therefore considered an Elementary School . It is a tributary to White Lake Middle School and… … Wikipedia
Oxbow (disambiguation) — Oxbow may refer to: Oxbow, a part of oxen tack Oxbow lake Meander in a river, especially a horseshoe shaped one Place names United States The Oxbow (Connecticut River), (also called The Ox Bow,) the body of water attached to the Connecticut River … Wikipedia
