The largest natural lake in Arkansas and the largest oxbow lake in North America is ... or "stumpy") was formed when the Mississippi River naturally rerouted itself hundreds of years ago.

At about 5 p.m., members of the Napa city fire and police departments were called to the river’s oxbow — a C-shaped bend northeast of downtown — for a rescue effort, according to police Sgt.

At Oxbow Bend, you'll see the Tetons reflected in the Snake River. A little more than 8 miles ... off U.S. Highway 89/191 between Jackson Lake and Moran junctions, step out of your car and there ...

But behind the inescapable beauty of the second largest oxbow lake in Africa, all is not well, thanks to human activities and harsh climate change. Africa's second-largest oxbow lake is on the ...

The river water breaks through forming a new channel. The meander gets blocked off with sand and gravel and becomes an oxbow lake. There’s one on the River Earn, which flows into the River Tay.