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Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
Oxbow lake — Songhua River, northeast China. Swirls and curves, showing paths the river once took, as well as oxbow lakes, are easily seen in this satellite photo. An oxbow lake is a U shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a… … Wikipedia
oxbow lake — Small lake located in a former meander loop of a river or stream channel. It is generally formed as a river cuts through a meander neck to shorten its course, blocks off the old channel, and then migrates away from the lake. If only one loop is… … Universalium
oxbow lake — The crescent shaped, often ephemeral body of standing water situated by the side of a stream in the abandoned channel (oxbow) of a meander after the stream formed a neck cutoff and the ends of the original bend were silted up. Compare:… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
oxbow lake — noun a crescent shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel • Hypernyms: ↑lake … Useful english dictionary
oxbow lake — a u shaped section of river isolated from the main channel when a meandering river cuts across the neck of a meander … Dictionary of ichthyology
Oxbow (disambiguation) — Oxbow may refer to: Oxbow, a part of oxen tack Oxbow lake Meander in a river, especially a horseshoe shaped one Place names United States The Oxbow (Connecticut River), (also called The Ox Bow,) the body of water attached to the Connecticut River … Wikipedia
Meander — For other uses, see Meander (disambiguation). A hypothetical stream bed following a tilted valley. The maximum gradient is along the down valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight channel. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of… … Wikipedia
meander — meanderer, n. meanderingly, adv. /mee an deuhr/, v.i. 1. to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. 2. to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on. v.t. 3. Survey. to define the margin of… … Universalium
Lake — For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). Oeschinen Lake in the Swiss Alps A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the… … Wikipedia
Meander — /mee an deuhr/, n. ancient name of the Menderes. * * * Extreme U bend in a stream, usually occurring in a series, that is caused by flow characteristics of the water. Meanders form in stream deposited sediments and may stack up upstream of an… … Universalium
Meander cutoff — Animation of the formation of an oxbow lake A meander cutoff occurs when a meander bend in a river is breached by a chute channel that connects the two closest parts of the bend. This causes the flow to abandon the meander and to continue… … Wikipedia