Friday, May 21, 2010

ox bow lake






OX BOW LAKE.

sup peeps. its cheng yang here. im blogging about the ox bow lake! (moooo lol) anyway, i have no idea why its called an ox bow lake. (it says after researching on google that its cause it looks like the bow of the yoke used with oxen). Anyway, heres how an ox bow lake is formed:

  1. there is a meander from the main stem
  2. normally, water will flow according to the meander
  3. however, when there is a flood the river would cross over the land onto the other end of the meander
  4. if there is alot of water crosses over a long period of time, the land erodes
  5. the eroded things are deposited at the start and ends of the original meander
  6. cutting off the meander from the main stem, creating an ox bow lake

on a side note, its also called a billabong in australia(now we know where that name came from!)

hope you understand how its formed now!!!

byeeee

cheng yang.

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