Ox-Bow lakes.
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What is the first step of the formation of an ox-bow lake?
Erosion cause the outside bends of the meander to get closer together.
What are ox-bow lakes formed from?
Meanders.
What is the second step of the formation of an ox-bow lake?
The outside bends get closer together until there is only a small bit of land left between the bends called the neck.
What is the third step of the formation of an ox-bow lake?
The river breaks through this land, usually during a flood.
What is the fourth step of the formation of an ox-bow lake?
When the river breaks through the river flows along the shortest course.
What is the fifth step of the formation of an ox-bow lake?
Deposition eventually cuts off the meander forming an ox-bow lake.