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  2. Oxbow lake - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Tulare Lake - Wikipedia

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    Tulare Lake (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ) or Tache Lake (Yokuts: Pah-áh-su, Pah-áh-sē) is a freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River . [ 2 ]

  4. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander; Panhole – Depression or basin eroded into flat or gently sloping cohesive rock; Pothole – Natural bowl-shaped hollow carved into a streambed; Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall; Pond – Relatively small body of standing water

  5. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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    whole leaf or base: Spear-shaped: pointed, with barbs, shaped like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base laciniate: lacinatus: whole leaf: Very deeply lobed with the lobes being very drawn out and often making the leaf look somewhat like a branch or a pitchfork laminar: 3-D shape: Flat (like most leaves) lanceolate: lanceolatus ...

  6. Lake - Wikipedia

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    A salt lake, also known as a saline lake or brine lake, is an inland body of water situated in an arid or semiarid region, with no outlet to the sea, containing a high concentration of dissolved neutral salts (principally sodium chloride). Examples include the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the Dead Sea in southwestern Asia. [36] [52]

  7. Neitokainen - Wikipedia

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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]

  8. Lake Nkugute - Wikipedia

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    Lake Nkugute. Lake Nkugute, also known as Lake Rutoto, is a lake located in Rubirizi District, Uganda. Situated in the Bunyaruguru volcanic field, the lake is believed to have been formed over 12,000 years ago as a result of volcanic activity. It has become a place of mystery and local folklore, with tales surrounding its origin and behavior.

  9. Lake Bonneville - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert was the first person to describe the major features of Lake Bonneville, however, many other early European and American explorers in the region recognized the shorelines of the ancient lake, such as Captain John C. Frémont in 1843 [12] and even earlier by Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante in 1776.