@distantsounds to picsEnglish • 9 months agoan oxbow lake [OC]imagemessage-square5arrow-up176arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1imagean oxbow lake [OC]@distantsounds to picsEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square5file-text
minus-square@distantsoundsOPlinkEnglish2•9 months agoMore or less a small pond that forms outside the curve of a river. Nat geo
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoAn arc shaped pond left behind when a meandering river decides to take a shortcut. It feels like this is all we ever studied in geography class, apart from learning the names of capital cities of Europe.
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That looks super cool. What is an oxbow lake?
Can I direct you to this beauty of the older Internet?
More or less a small pond that forms outside the curve of a river. Nat geo
An arc shaped pond left behind when a meandering river decides to take a shortcut.
It feels like this is all we ever studied in geography class, apart from learning the names of capital cities of Europe.