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its an oxbow lake formed when the meander is cut off from the main river

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Q: What type of lake formed when a large meander was by passed?
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Type of lake formed when a large meander is by passed?

ox-bow lake


What is crescent shaped lake formed by river meander?

barchant


What is the meaning of crescent shaped lake formed by river meander?

oxbow


What is formed when a meander is cut off?

A horseshoe lake is formed when a river cuts off one of its meanders


What lake is formed at a loop in a river that is almost a complete circle?

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.


What is owbow lake?

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


What term is used to describe a crescent shaped lake formed when a meander of a stream has been bypassed?

That would be called an oxbow lake.


Crescent shaped lake formed by river meander?

== == 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 meander loop?

What is an abandoned cutoff meander loop? It is An Oxbow lake.


What is A depositional feature that forms where a stream enters a lake or ocean?

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?

What is an abandoned cutoff meander loop? It is An Oxbow lake.


How are meander and oxbow lake alike?

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.