geography 8mrks how an oxbow lake is formed

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  • Created by: soomer
  • Created on: 13-11-19 21:16

figure... shows an oxbow lake, flood plains and meanders. meanders are formed by hydraulic action, when water gets forced into cracks and breaks away the rock. the material ends up breaking away forming meanders. on the outside of the meander, the current is much faster so the this place gets eroded much…

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