Ox-bow lake

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What is an ox-bow lake?
It is a larger form of a meander
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The first step of formation of lake?
Erosion causes the outside bends to get closer, until there's little land left between them
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The second step of formation of lake?
The river breaks through the land, usually during a flood & the river flows along the shorted course
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The third step of formation of lake?
Deposition eventually cuts off the meander, forming an ox-bow lake
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What is the neck?
It is when the outside bends get closer & there is little land left between them
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Card 2

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The first step of formation of lake?

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Erosion causes the outside bends to get closer, until there's little land left between them

Card 3

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The second step of formation of lake?

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Card 4

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The third step of formation of lake?

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Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

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What is the neck?

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