A long, broad, crescent-shaped lake formed when a stream abandons a meander and takes a new course.
A lake formed in the channel of an abandoned river meander.
Is portion of abandoned stream channel filled with stagnant water and cut off from the rest of the stream. Oxbow lakes are created when meanders are cut off from the rest of the channel because of lateral stream erosion.
A lake formed when river meanders are cut off from the main channel.
a crescent shaped lake formed in the abandoned channel of a stream or slough; silt blocks the end of the watercourse to form a lake
A meander that has been cut off yet remains filled with water.
when a meander of a river is stranded to form a lake.
A crescent-shaped lake in an abandoned bend of a river channel. A precursor of a meander scar.
a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
a crescent-shaped lake formed when a river changes course
a crescent-shaped body of water formed when sediments deposited by a river cut off a meander from the river
a crescent-shaped lake occurring on a river floodplain. It originated as a river meander, but has since been abandoned after there has been lateral erosion at the neck of the meander and the river has changed course.
Curved lake found on the flood plain of a river. Oxbows are caused by the loops of meanders being cut off at times of flood and the river changing its route so that it flows along a shorter course.
An oxbow lake is a stagnant lake that is formed alongside a winding river when the river changes path because of soil erosion, leaving an abandoned stream channel, cut off from the rest of the river.
A crescent-shaped body of water, located by the side of a stream in the abandoned channel of a meander that cut itself off.
lake formed when a u-shaped bend or "meander" is cut off from a river channel. Return to
An oxbow lake is a type of lake which is formed when a wide meander from a stream or a river is cut off to form a lake. They are called oxbow lakes due to the distinctive curved shape that results from this process. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong.