oxbow lake

English

Noun

oxbow lake (plural oxbow lakes)

A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.

Translations

crescent-shaped lake

Cornish: stummlynn f
Dutch: hoefijzermeer n
Finnish: juolua (fi), makkarajärvi (fi)
French: bras mort (fr)
German: Altarm m, Altwasser (de) n
Icelandic: bjúgvatn
Italian: lanca (it)
Japanese: 三日月湖 (mikazukiko)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: kroksjø (no) m, meandersjø (no) m

Nynorsk: kroksjø m, meandersjø m
Polish: starorzecze (pl), jezioro przyrzeczne
Portuguese: braço morto
Spanish: brazo muerto, lago en herradura
Swedish: korvsjö
Welsh: ystumllyn m

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