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  2. Oxbow lake - Wikipedia

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    A meander develops into an oxbow lake. An oxbow lake forms when a meandering river erodes through the neck of one of its meanders. This takes place because meanders tend to grow and become more curved over time. The river then follows a shorter course that bypasses the meander. [ 3] The entrances to the abandoned meander eventually silt up ...

  3. Meander - Wikipedia

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    The 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. [37] Oxbow lakes are also known as cutoff lakes. [1] Such lakes form regularly in undisturbed floodplains as a result of the normal process of fluvial meandering.

  4. Cut bank - Wikipedia

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    Cut banks along the Cut Bank Creek. A cut bank, also known as a river cliff or river-cut cliff, is the outside bank of a curve ( meander) in a water channel ( stream ), which is continually undergoing erosion. [1] Cut banks are found in abundance along mature or meandering streams, they are located opposite the slip-off slope on the inside of ...

  5. Meander cutoff - Wikipedia

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    Meander cutoff. A meander cutoff is a natural form of a cutting or cut in a river occurs when a pronounced meander (hook) in a river is breached by a flow that connects the two closest parts of the hook to form a new channel, a full loop. The steeper drop in gradient (slope) causes the river flow gradually to abandon the meander which will silt ...

  6. Billabong - Wikipedia

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    Billabong. In Australian English, a billabong ( / ˈbɪləbɒŋ / BIL-ə-bong) is a small body of water, usually permanent. It is usually an oxbow lake, caused by a change in course by a river channel; but other types of small lakes, ponds, or waterholes are also called billabongs. The term is likely a borrowing from Wiradjuri, an Aboriginal ...

  7. Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve is an area of wetland in the Yangtze basin near Shishou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Inside the reserve is the Tian'e-Zhou lake which was an intended sanctuary for the baiji (Yangtze river dolphin) and is currently holding 28 finless porpoises .

  8. Langham Pond - Wikipedia

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    Langham Pond. Langham Pond is a 26.7-hectare (66-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Egham in Surrey. [1] [2] The pond and its surrounding alluvial meadows on chalk represent a habitat unique in southern England. The pond is the remains of an oxbow lake, formed when a meander of the River Thames was bypassed.

  9. Oxbow Lake (New York) - Wikipedia

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    Oxbow Lake is a 312-acre (1.26 km 2) naturally occurring lake located in the towns of Lake Pleasant and Arietta in Hamilton County, New York within the Adirondack Park.The lake is nearly two miles-long and is oriented in a northeast to southwest direction, with the widest part being at the northeast end, at nearly 0.6 miles (0.97 km) wide.