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What are ox-bow lakes?
As a river enters and flows through the plains, it bens along its way and forms meanders. Due to continuous erosion and deposition, the meanders come closer and closer and detaches itself from the river. This forms a crescent-shaped lake called the ox-bow lake. It resembles the shape of a bow hence is named like ox-bow lake.
Match the following.
(i) Glacier | (a) Sea shore |
(ii) Meanders | (b) Mushroom rock |
(iii) Beach | (c) River of ice |
(iv) Sand dunes | (d) Rivers |
(v) Waterfall | (e) Vibrations of earth |
(vi) Earthquake | (f) Sea cliff |
(g) Hard bed rock | |
(h) Deserts |