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oxbow lake
oxbow laken. A crescent-shaped lake formed when a meander of a river or stream is cut off from the main channel.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  oxbow lake - a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channellake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
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oxbow lake
oxbow lake[′äks‚bō ¦lāk] (hydrology) The crescent-shaped body of water located alongside a stream in an abandoned oxbow after a neck cutoff is formed and the ends of the original bends are silted up. Also known as crescentic lake; cutoff lake; horseshoe lake; loop lake; moat; mortlake; oxbow. oxbow lake
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