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The best way to count the amount of Oxbow lakes that there will be in the future would be to count the meanders. This is because an oxbow lake is formed when a meander (a bend in the river) gets so windy that the sides link together. The water will take the shortest route possible and the unused patch of river will dry up. This probably doesn't help much but you should do a bit more research...

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