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Is there any lake found near the meanders of the river? Obtain information about them.

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  • Ox-Bow lakes are usually found near the meanders of a river. 
  • Wherever the river changes its direction, erosion takes place along the outer banks. 
  • If these conditions occur again and again, the river develops a zigzag path. 
  • Such a zigzag path is called a meandering path (course) and each loop along the path is called meander. 
  • When the turns in the course become acute, the limbs of a turn come very close. 
  • During flood, as the force of water increases, the river skips the meandering path and follows a straight path. 
  • The abandoned portion of the loop develops into a lake that is called an ‘ox-bow’ lake.


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