oxbow lake in English
noun
1
a curved lake formed at a former oxbow where the main stream of the river has cut across the narrow end and no longer flows around the loop of the bend.
Hereabouts the river meanders; there is a hint of an oxbow lake .
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1. Rivers form “Billabongs” when a river reroutes and leaves behind an oxbow lake
2. At one time the village stood – like the neighbouring parish of West Burton – very near to an oxbow lake, known as Bole Round.However flooding led to the original course of the River Trent being diverted after