How are oxbow lakes formed from meanders?
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Erosion causes the outside bends to get closer
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Forming an oxbow lake
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The river breaks through this land, usually during a flood
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Until there is only a small bit of land left between the bends.
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And the river flows along the shortest course
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Deposition eventually cuts off the meander
