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    oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. The word "oxbow"...
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    cut off from the modern course of the river that formed it, creating an oxbow lake. Its upper ends pass through a purpose-drilled hole through the bar of...
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  • meander is cut off, the resulting oxbow lake. Oxbow may also refer to: Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco "Oxbow", a song from the album Saint...
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  • oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. Oxbow Lake...
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    and meander lakes. The most common type of fluvial lake is a crescent-shaped lake called an oxbow lake due to the distinctive curved shape. They can form...
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    Meander (redirect from Oxbow loop)
    oxbow lake, which is the most common type of fluvial lake, is a crescent-shaped lake that derives its name from its distinctive curved shape. Oxbow lakes...
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    town is named after Horseshoe Lake, an oxbow lake at the eastern tip of which the town is located. Horseshoe Lake is located in southern Crittenden County...
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    census. It is located in the Arkansas Delta. Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake formed by the Mississippi River. According...
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    Taal or Kabar Taal Lake or Kabartal Wetland located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, is Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake. It is approximately...
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    bend of the river is left behind forming, in many instances, an oxbow lake. An oxbow lake forms after there has been deposition of sediment, by the new...
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    average age is 31. The town shares its name with the oxbow lake of the Mississippi River, also called Lake Providence. This area was historically developed...
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  • Oxbow Lake, located in Saint Paul, Virginia, offers the Saint Paul community a recreational area with walking and biking paths, a fishing area, and a picnic...
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    Jackson Plantation. An oxbow lake was also named after the planter, whose house was located at the lake. Minor ruins of the Lake Jackson Plantation can...
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    Ansupa Lake is a 231-hectare (570-acre) horseshoe-shaped fresh water oxbow lake on the left bank of the Mahanadi river, opposite Banki in Cuttack district...
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  • Purbasthali (category Lakes of West Bengal)
    banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only 8 km from the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The 2–3 km long lake attracts migrants...
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  • Vynthala Lake (Malayalam: വൈന്തല തടാകം) is a natural oxbow lake found in Vynthala, near Mala, Thrissur District of Kerala. Lake is also called Oxbow Lake (Thadakam)...
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    Cane River Lake (French: Lac de la rivière aux Cannes) is a 35 mi (56 km) oxbow lake formed from a portion of the Red River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana...
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    The Schwentine Oxbow Lake (German: Altarm der Schwentine) is an area around part of the River Schwentine between Raisdorf and Klausdorf that was designated...
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    Oxbow Lake is a 312-acre (1.26 km2) naturally occurring lake located in the towns of Lake Pleasant and Arietta in Hamilton County, New York within the...
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  • dictionary. Billabong is an Australian English word for a small lake, specifically an oxbow lake. Billabong may also refer to: Billabong (clothing), a brand...
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  • District, Ontario Horseshoe Lake, a community in Seguin Township, Ontario Horseshoe Lake (Christchurch), a small oxbow lake formed by an old meander of...
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    Resaca (channel) (category Oxbow lakes)
    Resaca is the name given to a type of oxbow lake in the southern half of Cameron County, Texas. The resacas constitute former channels of the Rio Grande...
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    Billabong (category Lakes)
    permanent. It is usually an oxbow lake caused by a change in course of a river or creek, but other types of small lakes, ponds or waterholes are also...
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  • "Oxbow Lakes" is a single by the English electronic music group the Orb. It featured remixes from artists such as Carl Craig, Sabres of Paradise and A...
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    post office in the township from 1846 until 1850. Oxbow is located at Union Lake and Elizabeth Lake Roads (42°38′26″N 83°28′23″W / 42.64056°N 83.47306°W...
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    located on the 646-acre (2.61 km2) Big Lake, which is the largest oxbow lake in Missouri. It is also adjacent to Big Lake State Park, which has the largest...
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    Carter Lake is a shallow oxbow lake in Nebraska and Iowa, located next to Omaha, and marks one of the only spots the Iowa-Nebraska border is not on the...
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    term for an oxbow lake or other waterhole Hurricane on the Bayou – 2006 documentary film by Greg MacGillivray Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left...
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    Arkansas in Chicot County. It is the largest oxbow lake in North America, as well as the largest natural lake in Arkansas. The name Chicot, French for "stumpy...
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  • Lake Negro Lake Raccourci Old River (oxbow lake) Lake Pagie in Terrebonne Parish Lake Palourde Pelican Lake in Terrebonne Parish Lake Peigneur Lake Pontchartrain...
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