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Polartrio employed Esko Sääskilahti as the construction manager for the project. Sääskilahti designed the pond as the central point of the village, and performed the necessary measurements and marked the contours of the lake on the terrain. [3] The excavation work took about a week during the summer of 1991 using two machines. [3]
Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander; Pendant bar – fluvial landform formed on the downstream side of a weathering-resistant protrusion; Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall; Point bar – Landform related to streams and rivers
Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander; Point bar – Landform related to streams and rivers; Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall; Pothole – Natural bowl-shaped hollow carved into a streambed; Rapids – River section with increased velocity and turbulence
In Australian English, a billabong (/ ˈ b ɪ l ə b ɒ ŋ / BIL-ə-bong) is a small body of water, usually permanent. 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.
Since the lake was discovered by desert shepherds, Lake de Gafsa has become a curiosity for locals, and an overnight international tourist sensation. Hundreds have gone just to see the lake, to dive off the picturesque rocks and swim in the lake, and/or scuba dive in it since its discovery. [ 3 ]
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream. [1] [2] It takes its name from an oxbow which is part of a harness for oxen to pull a ...
In the second half of the 19th century, Tulare Lake was dried up by diverting its tributary rivers for agricultural irrigation and municipal water uses. In modern times, it is usually a dry lake with residual wetlands and marshes. The lake reappears during unusually high levels of rainfall or snow melt as it did in 1942, 1969, 1983, 1997, 1998 ...
A kame delta is a flat-topped landform of well sorted sand and gravel glaciofluvial sediments deposited by a meltwater stream into a body of water or river system. As such, kame deltas may be used to indicate a point of inflow into a body of water, such as a proglacial lake, even after that water has ceased to be present in a landscape. [25]