oxbow lake
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A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes…
A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
- Near-synonym: billabong (Australia)
- Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.
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