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This picture of the Nowitna River in Alaska shows two oxbow lakes – a short one at the bottom of the picture and a longer, more curved one at the middle-right. The picture also shows that a third oxbow lake is probably in the making: the isthmus or bank in the centre of the most prominent meander is very narrow – much narrower than the width of the river; eventually, the two sections of ...
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It is usually an oxbow lake caused by a change in course of a river or creek, but other types of small lakes, ponds or waterholes are also called billabongs. The term is likely borrowed from Wiradjuri , an Aboriginal Australian language of New South Wales .
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Oxbow lakes by country (3 C) Pages in category "Oxbow lakes" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Oxbow lakes of Canada (4 P) U. Oxbow lakes of the United States (26 P) This page was last edited on 31 July 2020, at 15:09 (UTC). Text is available under the ...