What Are Oxbow Lakes and How Do They Form

question 17

Multiple Choice

What are oxbow lakes and how do they form?

• A) Oxbow lakes are a stagnant part of a stream that is shaped like an ox's yoke.
• B) Oxbow lakes are parts of the stream channel left after an avulsion when a stream abandons its channel.
• C) Oxbow lakes are cut off meanders, left behind as a flooding stream takes a shorter path downstream.
• D) Oxbow lakes are the name given to plunge pools below wide waterfalls.
• E) Oxbow lakes are watering holes for oxen and cattle

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