its not apart of a river its A cut off rill
A river is young if it has an oxbow lake. Erosion and deposits of soil cause crescent shaped oxbow lakes along a river and change the river's course.
Oxbow lake
Sometimes a meandering river forms a feature called an oxbow lake. An oxbow lake is a meander that has been cut off from the river. An oxbow lake may form when a river floods. EW
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its a little U-shaped bend on the side of a river
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It is called an oxbow lake. Some are called meander lakes.
An oxbow lake forms when the neck of a river bend erodes enough to meet. This will realign the river, which then flows on a new straighter course. The now isolated previous loop in the river remains as the oxbow (shaped) lake.
its an oxbow lake formed when the meander is cut off from the main river
Oxbow lake
You are referring to an oxbow lake. Oxbow lakes form as a river deposits sediment and changes course over time.