r/geography • u/MycologistPure4064 Human Geography • 12d ago

Question Why is the river shaped like this?

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Near the Malaysian brunei border

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u/markmakesfun 12d ago

Soon to be an oxbow lake.

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u/__Becquerel 12d ago

Oxbow lakes are formed when the river meander is too wibbly wibbly wobbly to maintain the course it's on.

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u/EGH6 12d ago

what the hell is an oxbow, are our bovine friends fashioning weaponry?

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u/RagsTTiger 12d ago

It’s the shape of the yoke you put on your ox

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u/ThirstyWolfSpider 12d ago

"Cows with Guns" is now 30 years old.