oxbow lake

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Noun oxbow lake has 1 sense

oxbow lake - a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
--₁ is a kind of lake

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Oxbow Lake

Noun:

A U-shaped lake formed when a meandering river is cut off from its main channel, typically occurring when a loop of the river is abandoned and becomes isolated from the flowing water.

Example sentence:

The Mississippi River has many oxbow lakes along its course.

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