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It generally refers to their shape - long and thin - and their proximity to each other, like a hand placed palm-down on the table. The Finger Lakes region of New York is a typical example.
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Are New Yorks finger lakes called oxbow lakes?
They are indeed oxbow lakes. You can see that they are using Google Earth. An ancient river once flowed through the "Finger Lakes" area. The natural changes that occur in big rivers and some geological changes that involved this area are what made these bodies of water what they are today. But long ago, they comprised a large river.
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