oxbow lake

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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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Words nearby oxbow lake

oxazine, oxblood, oxbow, oxbow chest, oxbow front, oxbow lake, Oxbridge, oxcart, oxen, Oxenstierna, oxeye

How to use oxbow lake in a sentence

The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
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People are extremely anxious about the next generation,” Lake said, “and it unites America.
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Williams said he went to the lake to take a stroll “because of his heart.”
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
A small but beautiful river debouches from the lake at its west end, and the town is grouped around this outlet.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.
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A similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.