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PRONUNCIATION OF OXBOW LAKE

oxbow lake  [ˈɒksˌbəʊ leɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OXBOW LAKE

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Oxbow lake is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OXBOW LAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

oxbow lake

Oxbow lake

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. This landform is so named for its distinctive curved shape, resembling the bow pin of an oxbow. In Australia, an oxbow lake is known as a billabong, from the indigenous language Wiradjuri. In south Texas, oxbows left by the Rio Grande River are called resacas. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream.

Definition of oxbow lake in the English dictionary

The definition of oxbow lake in the dictionary is a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OXBOW LAKE


aslake
əˈsleɪk
Blake
bleɪk
flake
fleɪk
glaik
ɡleɪk
Hoylake
ˈhɔɪˌleɪk
laik
leɪk
lake
leɪk
slake
sleɪk
snowflake
ˈsnəʊˌfleɪk
sootflake
ˈsʊtˌfleɪk
splake
spleɪk
Timberlake
ˈtɪmbəˌleɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OXBOW LAKE

ox-eye herring
ox-eyed
oxacillin
oxalacetate
oxalate
oxalic acid
oxalis
oxaloacetate
oxazepam
oxazine
oxblood
oxblood red
oxbow
Oxbridge
oxcart
oxen
Oxenstierna
oxer
oxeye
oxeye daisy

WORDS THAT END LIKE OXBOW LAKE

bake
boating lake
brake
cake
cupcake
drake
fake
fish flake
intake
jake
Joe Blake
make
mistake
salt lake
shake
snake
soda lake
spring snowflake
take
wake

Synonyms and antonyms of oxbow lake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oxbow lake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OXBOW LAKE

Find out the translation of oxbow lake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oxbow lake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oxbow lake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牛轭湖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cocha
570 millions of speakers

English

oxbow lake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऑक्सबो झील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوكسبو البحيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lagoa marginal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অক্সবুর হ্রদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lac Oxbow
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lembah tasik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altarm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

三日月湖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옥스 보우 호수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lembah lake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

oxbow hồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆக்ஸ்போ ஏரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑक्सॉओ लेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Okçuk gölü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lanca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

starorzecze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старица
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lac Oxbow
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λίμνη oxbow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoefystermeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korvsjö
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Oxbow lake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oxbow lake

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OXBOW LAKE»

The term «oxbow lake» is normally little used and occupies the 109.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OXBOW LAKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oxbow lake

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OXBOW LAKE»

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Fishing Ohio: An Angler's Guide to Over 200 Fishing Spots in ...
General description: A favorite with local anglers, Oxbow Lake Wildlife Area produces a quality fishery. Overview: Oxbow is a small lake of 40 acres with riprap dams at both ends. The main feeder stream enters in the center, thus creating an ...
Tom Cross, 2008
2
Fishing for Catfish: The Complete Guide for Catching Big ...
All these natural processes, from the cutting off of a new oxbow to the building of bottom sediment to the gradual extension of woody vegetation farther and farther from the bank, are stages in the death of an oxbow lake. The process may take ...
Keith Sutton, 1999
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Papers Presented at the FAO/NACA Consultation on Aquaculture ...
3.7 Culture based oxbow lake fisheries The culture based fisheries management programme first started in the early 1 980s, as part of the First Oxbow Lake Fisheries Development Project. This was followed by the Second Oxbow Lake ...
Matthias Halwart, Dilip Kumar, Melba G. Bondad-Reantaso, 2005
4
Dynamics and Biogeochemistry of River Corridors and Wetlands
Table 5 Comparison of chemical elements retained by S4 oxbow lake water and the annual load supplied in RS4 ditch water. Compound Average accumulation in S4 oxbow lake water L„X| Annual load by ditch RS4 Lj Ld/Lox| kg reservoir'1 g  ...
A. Louise Heathwaite, 2005
5
Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and ...
Nearly one mile downstream from the park, a canoe launch sits on the Clinch River's right bank, near the Oxbow Lake Dam. Beware of rapids. One just below a railroad trestle, between Matthews Park and the Oxbow access, should be ...
Joe Tennis, 2004
6
Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake formed when a river cuts off one of its meanders at both ends and leaves it behind. Oxbow Lake and Floodplain Swamp. Figure 1 1—7 shows the genesis of an oxbow lake. As soon as it is closed off from the ...
Eleanor Noss Whitney, D. Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe, 2004
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Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
Clearly, there had been significant fish movement into the lakes and some interchange was suspected. For example in sample PlOOa ( 1 1 May) the total number of fish caught was 222, but in adjacent oxbow lake SlOOa (1 IMay) only 37 were ...
8
Environmental Restoration: Science And Strategies For ...
floodplain ecosystem, which, for the most part, occur only in the designated 148 km oxbow lake study area corridor. Hence, these analyses have determined that the Compromise Plan is the management plan of choice for the oxbow lake study  ...
John Berger, 2012
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Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific ...
more terrestrial more aquatic OXBOW LAKE former oxbow lake [ filled with sediny UPLAN D main channel migrates back to this point main channel _ migrates back 5 to this point Y progressive sedimentation and establishment of riparian ...
Andrew Simon, Sean J. Bennett, Janine M. Castro, 2013
10
Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia: ...
The oxbow lake deposits, which covered the bottom of I-st terrace above the floodplain, were formed in the Subboreal and Subatlantic periods. The oxbow lake sediments are characterized by sand and loamy sand deposits and, in particular ...
E. Marian Scott, Andrey Yu Alekseev, Ganna I. Zaitseva, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OXBOW LAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oxbow lake is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Parks and preserves in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties
Self-guided tour through marshlands and around Oxbow Lake. huguenotstreet.org. Hutton Park: Clifton Avenue and Grant Street, Kingston, ... «Times Herald-Record, Jul 15»
2
Agencies use trees, cribs to improve fish habitats
The DOW put some of these cribs in Oxbow Lake on the Oxbow Wildlife Area just north of Defiance in 2013. The agency also has put some in ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
3
21 of world's rarest turtles released back into wild
They are currently in a soft release enclosure (a large oxbow lake fenced off from the river) which will enable them to adjust to their new ... «RedOrbit, Jul 15»
4
Big Lake is Missouri's best-kept secret
Big Lake is a 640-acre oxbow lake in the Missouri River bottom, just west of Mound City in Holt County. This lake was formed when the Missouri ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
5
One of world''s rarest turtles heading back to the wild
... survival and reproduction, the terrapins were placed in a soft release enclosure (a large oxbow lake fenced off from the river) to allow them to ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
6
Hidden camera catches abuse at nursing home; two arrested
In early 2014, a staff member at Saint Therese at Oxbow Lake, in Brooklyn Park, slapped a resident who suffered from severe dementia. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Land projects added in conjunction with bicentennial
... had a 60-acre addition to this nice county park that is a mixture of woods, old fields, wetlands and an oxbow lake along the White River. «Washington Times Herald, Jul 15»
8
Volcom, RVCA, Hollister, Billabong -- What's that on your shirt, and …
He said a billabong is an oxbow lake or pond left for dead when the course of a river has changed. "'Slough' would be another word for it,” ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
9
Living and dying in Dover Lane
Chaffing at the bit during my growing up years, I thought Dover Lane was a stagnant pool; the oxbow lake imagery had lost its romantic ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
10
Glachbeg for Croft Music 2 on Saturday!
Andy Oxbow of the Oxbow Lake band - which has had airplay on 6 Music, Radio 2 and Radio Scotland -and Joe Kingman of We Free Kings ... «Sutherland Northern Times, Jul 15»

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