Question

What are the
ox
bow lakes ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴀɴ ᴏxʙᴏᴡ ʟᴀᴋᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴜ-sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ ʟᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғᴏʀᴍs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴡɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀ ʀɪᴠᴇʀ ɪs ᴄᴜᴛ ᴏғғ, ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ғʀᴇᴇ-sᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ. ɪɴ sᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴛᴇxᴀs, ᴏxʙᴏᴡs ʟᴇғᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴏ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʀᴇsᴀᴄᴀs. sᴜᴄʜ ʟᴀᴋᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ.

Answer 2

• When the river enters the plains, it twists and turns forming large bends known as meanders. In due course of time, the meander loops start to cut off the river and form cut off lakes, known as the ox-bow lakes.