oxbow lake en · NOUN
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A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.
1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 1”, in Adulthood Rites, page 69:Near-synonym: billabong (Australia)
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ro belciug (crescent-shaped lake) · nb meandersjø (crescent-shaped lake) · de Altarm (crescent-shaped lake) · lv vecupe (crescent-shaped lake) · cmn 牛軛湖 /牛轭湖 (crescent-shaped lake) · pt braço morto (crescent-shaped lake) · pl starorzecze (crescent-shaped lake) · ru старица (crescent-shaped lake) · pl jezioro przyrzeczne (crescent-shaped lake) · it lanca (crescent-shaped lake) · nb kroksjø (crescent-shaped lake) · sv korvsjö (crescent-shaped lake) · ja 三日月湖 (crescent-shaped lake) · nl hoefijzermeer (crescent-shaped lake) · mk мртвица (crescent-shaped lake) · fr bras mort (crescent-shaped lake) · eo meandra lago (crescent-shaped lake) · de Altwasser (crescent-shaped lake) · es brazo muerto (crescent-shaped lake) · es lago en herradura (crescent-shaped lake) · cy ystumllyn (crescent-shaped lake) · nn meandersjø (crescent-shaped lake) · ca braç mort (crescent-shaped lake) · nn kroksjø (crescent-shaped lake) · sl mrtvica (crescent-shaped lake) · sl mrtvi rokav (crescent-shaped lake) · fi juolua (crescent-shaped lake) · ko 우각호 (crescent-shaped lake) · lt sénvagė (crescent-shaped lake) · fi makkarajärvi (crescent-shaped lake) · cs mrtvé rameno (crescent-shaped lake) · kw stummlynn (crescent-shaped lake) · is bjúgvatn (crescent-shaped lake)