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An Oxbow Lake is formed when a river meanders so far from its path that some of the water is trapped out there, and when the river sinks again or erosion silts up the path, a small, isolated lake is formed.
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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.
Show the parts of a river in a diagram?
The parts of a river are the source, channel, mouth, meander, oxbow lake, tributary, distributary, and sometimes there can be a dam which will create a reservoir.
When an oxbow becomes completely cut off from the main river it is called an?
It is called an oxbow lake. Some are called meander lakes.
What is a meander that has been cut off from the river?
oxbow lake horse shoe lake
Why is a oxbow lake often temporary?
Often the oxbow lake will get covered with weeds, fill with soil and disappear.
What is a narrow stretch of water which was originally part of a meander 5 4?
Oxbow Lake
What is the largest oxbow lake in the world?
its a little U-shaped bend on the side of a river
A meander that has been cut off from a river is called a?
A OxBow Lake. -Kayy Scrub Answerd This
