its an oxbow lake formed when the meander is cut off from the main river
An Oxbow Lake
ox-bow lake
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A horseshoe lake is formed when a river cuts off one of its meanders
An Oxbow lake. It is where a Meander is cut by erosion & the consequent deposition alters the course of the river. The cut off meander forms an Oxbow.
it is a U shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stream of a river is cut of to form a lake
That would be called an oxbow lake.
== == That is and can be called either a lake or a reservoir. I think the required answer is an Oxbow lake. Where erosion cuts through a meander, effectively shortening the river, the lake formed by the old bend remains: Oxbow.
What is an abandoned cutoff meander loop? It is An Oxbow lake.
A meander. <-------NovaNet wrong your answer miss or mister novanet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The absolutely best answer is "a delta " cause a delta is a n accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean....:-)hismejohn
What is an abandoned cutoff meander loop? It is An Oxbow lake.
A meander in a river follows a winding course through a valley. An oxbow is a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river constituting the remnant of a former meander. The similarity is historical.