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What is Oxbow Lake?
An Oxbow Lake is a lake formed by U-shaped body of water. Billabong is the terms used for Oxbow Lake in Australia.
A billabong is formed from what body of water?
River
Give a brief explanation on oxbow lakes?
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake water body formed when a wide meander [bend] from the mainstream of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake [ Australia = a billabong] for the distinctive curved shape that results from this process.
What type of body of water may be formed when a meandering is cut off on the rest of the river?
Oxbow lake
Oxbow lakes are formed in potholes?
Oxbow lake are usually formed in flat, low-lying plains close to where the river empties into another body of water. They are usually stillwater lakes and often they become swamps or bogs, not potholes.
What is the definition for oxbow lakes?
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape that results from this process.
What is an oxbow pond?
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong, derived from an indigenous language. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream.-Wikipedia :D
What is stagnant body of water attached to a waterway called?
Billabong
Characteristics of an oxbow lake?
Oxbow lakes are u-shaped bodies of water that form when a river is cut off. It cuts off a meander of the river and forms a free body of water.
What is a crescent body of water that forms when a meander is cut off by deposition?
An Oxbow lake
What body of water gives more evaporation?
This body of water is formed by oceans.
How are shorelines formed?
Shorelines are formed when a body of water and land separate.
