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How do oxbow lakes form​

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

when you get a meander the lake slowly erodes from the inside, because water will always want to take the faster route( which would be straight ) the lake will slowly cute off the meander while dumping the rivers load forming an oxbow lake

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It starts with a bend in a river then the river erodes the bend until it goes through the bend and the old bend keeps its water and becomes a lake

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