Ox Bow Lake

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An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the mainstem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape that results from this process. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong. By itself, the word oxbow can also mean a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream.
Ox Bow Lake in the Hooghly River near Kalna.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox_bow_lake
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Coordinates:   23°15'48"N   88°22'8"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago