Ox-bow lakes

• What is an Ox-bow lake?

  A cut-off meander
• Firstly, an ox-bow lake starts out as a curve, or meander, in a river
• Secondly, a lake forms as the river finds a different, shorter course
• Thirdly, deposition occurs across the concave banks and cuts off the meander
• Lastly, this forms an ox-bow lake
• What landform is this?

  Ox-bow Lake