oxbow lake

The 650-mile-long river originates in Russia and meanders southeast through the eastern Donbas region before re-entering Russian territory, forming oxbow lakes, floodplains and swamps.

The trail threads a narrow gap between the lake and the river, which makes sense, given that an oxbow lake is actually a remnant of a river bend.

Eagle Lake is an oxbow lake on the Mississippi-Louisiana state line about 20 miles north of Vicksburg.

Or the water is too hot, and one is left sweating profusely and feeling faint; philtrum transforming into an oxbow lake, knees turning a football club red.

Brownsville has tapped into its many oxbow lakes called resacas, and prepares for storms by draining water out of them so they can receive runoff from the rains.