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HORSESHOE LAKE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

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.

OBS

Examples are common along the banks of the Mississippi River, where they are often known as bayous.

OBS

oxbow lake; crescentic lake: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Bras mort d'un fleuve du domaine tropical ou subtropical.

CONT

L'agrandissement [des méandres] et leur migration vers l'aval entraînent leur recoupement, qui se traduit par des méandres abandonnés, des lacs en croissant, et aboutit à un élargissement du lit fluvial.

OBS

Le bayou est typique de la Louisiane et du bas Mississippi, le marigot est propre à l'Amazonie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Lago con figura de arco que se forma por el cierre o estrangulamiento de un meandro.

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