Oxbow Lakes

Another illustration of the power of the clone brush!

1. Oxbow lakes
Meander loops

2. Oxbow lakes
River breaks through
meander neck

3. Oxbow lakes

oxbow lakes formed
river course becomes
straighter over time

4. Oxbow lakes
deposition eventually
seals off the lake from
the main river channel

5. Oxbow lakes
oxbow lakes dry up
leaving meander
scars

6. Original picture
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