Oxbows (meanders)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > landscapes (environments) > natural landscapes > bodies of water (natural) > meanders (water body components)

Descripción

River meanders with extreme curvature such that only a neck of land is left between two parts of the stream.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008728

Otros términos

  • U-bochten [nl]
  • meandros abandonados [es]
  • oxbow (meanders) [en]
  • U-bocht [nl]
  • lóbulo de meandro [es]
  • brazo muerto [es]