oxbow lake
A crescent-shaped lake formed when a river changes its course and cuts through the strip of land in the middle of an oxbow, abandoning its previous course and isolating the water in the oxbow.
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How to use oxbow lake in a sentence
Near the middle Neosho station, a large population was present in an oxbow lake that is frequently flooded by the river.
Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas | James Everett Deacon
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