Oxbow lakes
Esquema
Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Settlements and Landscapes > landscapes (environments) > natural landscapes > bodies of water (natural) > bodies of freshwater > <bodies of freshwater by biome> > lacustrine bodies of water > lakes (bodies of water)
Descripción
Crescent-shaped lakes left in the sites of former river meanders.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- 牛軛湖 [zh]
- hoefijzermeren [nl]
- lagos curvados de meandro [es]
- ox-bow lakes [en]
- niú è hú [zh]
- niu e hu [zh]
- oxbow lake [en]
- horseshoe lakes [en]
- lakes, horseshoe [en]
- lakes, oxbow [en]
- ox-bow lake [en]
- lakes, ox-bow [en]
- hoefijzermeer [nl]
- lago curvado de meandro [es]
- lago en forma de herradura [es]