Oxbow School was created in 1998.
The Oxbow was created in 1836.
Oxbow - band - was created in 1988.
Oxbow Lakes was created in 1995.
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974.
The school is located near an oxbow, which is another name for a bend in the river
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When deposition finally seals off the cutoff from the river channel, an oxbow lake is formed.
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An oxbow lake forms when the neck of a river bend erodes enough to meet. This will realign the river, which then flows on a new straighter course. The now isolated previous loop in the river remains as the oxbow (shaped) lake.