oxbow lake

English

Noun

oxbow lake (plural oxbow lakes)

1. 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
• Czech: mrtvé rameno n
• 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)
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• 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