an oxbow lake [OC] (lemmy.world)

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[-] MisterChief@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

That looks super cool. What is an oxbow lake?

[-] LMNjuice@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Can I direct you to this beauty of the older Internet?

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

More or less a small pond that forms outside the curve of a river. Nat geo

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

An arc shaped pond left behind when a meandering river decides to take a shortcut.

It feels like this is all we ever studied in geography class, apart from learning the names of capital cities of Europe.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It was too wibbly wibbly wobbly.

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