Oxbow School was created in 1998.
The Oxbow was created in 1836.
Oxbow Lakes was created in 1995.
Oxbow - band - was created in 1988.
The school is located near an oxbow, which is another name for a bend in the river
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974.
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An oxbow is primarily created by erosion, specifically lateral erosion by a river. As a river meanders and flows, it erodes the outer banks of a bend, causing the bend to become more pronounced over time. Eventually, the erosion causes the bend to loop back on itself, forming an oxbow lake.
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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.