Glossary:Oxbow Lake

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[edit] Oxbow Lake

The crescent-shaped, often ephemeral body of standing water in an abandoned river channel (oxbow) of a meander. These form either after the stream formed a neck cutoff and the ends of the original bend were silted up, or through avulsion where the river course changes abruptly following a flood.

Related Words: Avulsion, Meander

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Adapted from: Soil Science Society of America. Glossary of Soil Science Terms. Available online here, last accessed 28.09.2006.


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