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Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo are a campground and zoo located in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, north of the city of Byron, and about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Rochester. It houses over 30 species of animals, most of which have injuries that would prevent them from surviving in the wild.
Oxbow Regional Park used to host the annual Salmon Festival, celebrating the return of the Chinook salmon while educating the public about the importance of intact, functional aquatic ecosystems, protection of native salmon and their habitat, and how fully functioning aquatic ecosystems can have a positive and important influence on human quality of life. [4]
All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only ...
Aerial photo map of False River. False River (French: Lac False River) is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at This lake was once the main channel of the Mississippi River in this area, but was cut off in about 1722 when seasonal flooding cut a shorter channel to the east.
The park was first purchased in 1964 for flood control, but the river was straightened in 1975 forming the oxbow. [1] It was dedicated to George W. Carlson, a 32-year member of the Hammond City Council who had played a key role in the park's formation, [2] on October 7, 1998.
It is the largest oxbow lake in North America, as well as the largest natural lake in Arkansas. [2] The name Chicot, French for "stumpy," refers to the many cypress stumps and trees along the lake banks. [3] The lake is approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) wide and 21–22 miles (34–35 km) long from end to end. [4]
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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 Missouri River. [1] Soon after its formation the lake was called the East Omaha Lake, and then Lake Nakoma. The city of Carter Lake, Iowa, takes its name from the lake. The lake was formed from ...