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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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Near the middle Neosho station, a large population was present in an oxbow lake that is frequently flooded by the river.
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