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Noun Concept
Categories: Fluvial landforms, Lakes by type, Articles with short description, Oxbow lakes, Rivers
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oxbow lake  billabong  ox-bow lake  ox-bow lakes  ox bow lake
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A crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel WordNet 3.0
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A crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. Wikipedia
A U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off Wikipedia Disambiguation
U-shaped lake that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated. Wiktionary
Crescent-shaped lake. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
lake
meander
HAS KIND
billabong
FR
lône
DE
Umflut
galacho
FR
boire
HAS INSTANCE
Cane River Lake
Lake Valencia
Stará Úhlava
Kaditzer Flutrinne
Seegraben
+63 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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oxbow lake
Wikipedia
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oxbow lake
Wikidata
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oxbow lake
Wiktionary
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oxbow lake
Wikipedia Redirections
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ox-bow lake, ox-bow lakes, ox bow lake, oxbow island, Oxbow Lake, oxbow lakes, Oxbow pond, Oxbox lake
Wikidata Alias
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billabong

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