1001 Space Earth Earth Rocks and Minerals Landscape Sea Weather and Climate Natural Disasters Resources Nature History Human World Science and Technology

Choose a Page:What is the rock cycle?What is weathering?What shapes the cliffs along the s...Do rocks dissolve?Can living things break down rocks?How are caves made?How do sand dunes move?Why do desert rocks have fantastic...How do rivers form?What makes waterfalls?What is scree?*What is an oxbow lake?*Is all erosion slow? What is an oxbow lake? On a flood plain, a river erodes the outside of each bend, while beaches of mud build up on the inner curves. Eventually the neck of a bend wears through, and the river takes up a straighter course, leaving behind an oxbow lake. Rivers flow downhill towards the sea   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Earth Chapter: Landscape