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an ox bow lake is a formation, not a single entertity. it occurs when a river meanders (horozontal erosion) and becomes so great that when the water seeks the fastest route- it cuts across the meander, naturally straightening the river chanel out again, and leaving a horse shoe shaped lake left on its own, which ususally matures into a lagoon or something. there is no 'the ox bow lake' there are 'ox bow lakes' doofus.
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∙ 12y agoAn 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.
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== == That is and can be called either a lake or a reservoir. I think the required answer is an Oxbow lake. Where erosion cuts through a meander, effectively shortening the river, the lake formed by the old bend remains: Oxbow.
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