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oxbow lake


oxbow lake
Oxbow lakes are formed when the neck of a looping meander is broken through (A), usually during times of flood. The entrances to the bypassed meander are soon blocked by silt (B).
A C-shaped lake formed when a river meanders almost in a full circle, the water cuts across the narrow neck, and deposits of silt at the entrances to the original meander eventaully cut it off from the main body of the river.


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