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HORSESHOE BEND [1 record]

Record 1 2007-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The abandoned, bow- or horseshoe-shaped channel of a former meander, left when the stream formed a cutoff across a narrow meander neck.

OBS

oxbow; horseshoe bend: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Partie du lit isolée à la suite d'une coupure naturelle ou artificielle de méandre.

OBS

Un méandre est une sinuosité très prononcée du cours d'un fleuve ou rivière qui se produit lorsque la pente est très faible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Lóbulo de meandro abandonado por un río [...]

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