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| Title: | Oxbow Lakes. |
| Caption: | This animation shows how a meandering stream creates an oxbow lake. It also illustrates the importance of undercut banks and point bars and the formation of a meander scar. |
| Keywords: | rivers, river systems, streams, deposition, sediments, floodplains, oxbow lakes, meanders, meander scars, point bars |