What Is an Oxbow in a River

How is an ox-bow lake created?

oxbow lake, small lake located in an abandoned meander loop of a river channel. It is generally formed as a river cuts through a meander neck to shorten its course, causes the old channel to be rapidly blocked off, and then migrates away from the lake.

Is there any lake found near the meanders of the river?

Unglaciated interior plains

Some of the major rivers have substantial oxbow lakes, formed by abandonment of a portion of channel by an actively meandering river.