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54 relations: Anabranch, Australia, Australian Aboriginal languages, Bayou, Bernoulli's principle, Billabong, Boundary layer, Carter Lake (Iowa–Nebraska), Centripetal force, Channel (geography), Chippewa River (Wisconsin), Connecticut River, Cuckmere Haven, Cut bank, Deposition (geology), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, England, Erosion, Flood, Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, India, Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary, Lake, Lake Chicot, Lake Village, Arkansas, Landform, Main stem, Meander, Meander cutoff, Merriam-Webster, Mississippi River, Oxbow, Oxford Canal, Oxford English Dictionary, Physical geography, Point bar, Reelfoot Lake, Resaca (channel), Rhine, Rio Grande, River, Sea, Secondary flow, Sinuosity, Sussex, Tennessee, Texas, The History Press, The Oxbow (Connecticut River), Tropical cyclone, ..., Vortex, West Burton, Nottinghamshire, Wiradjuri language, 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Expand index (4 more) »
Anabranch
An anabranch is a section of a river or stream that diverts from the main channel or stem of the watercourse and rejoins the main stem downstream.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages consist of around 290–363 languages belonging to an estimated twenty-eight language families and isolates, spoken by Aboriginal Australians of mainland Australia and a few nearby islands.
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Bayou
In usage in the United States, a bayou (or, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland.
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Bernoulli's principle
In fluid dynamics, Bernoulli's principle states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.
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Billabong
A billabong is an Australian term for an oxbow lake, an isolated pond left behind after a river changes course.
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Boundary layer
In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is an important concept and refers to the layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface where the effects of viscosity are significant.
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Carter Lake (Iowa–Nebraska)
Carter Lake is a shallow oxbow lake in Nebraska and Iowa, located next to Omaha and Carter Lake.
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Centripetal force
A centripetal force (from Latin centrum, "center" and petere, "to seek") is a force that makes a body follow a curved path.
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Channel (geography)
In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait.
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Chippewa River (Wisconsin)
The Chippewa River in Wisconsin flows approximately 183 miles (294 km) through west-central and northwestern Wisconsin.
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Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states.
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Cuckmere Haven
Cuckmere Haven (also known as the Cuckmere Estuary) is an area of flood plains in Sussex, England where the river Cuckmere meets the English Channel between Eastbourne and Seaford.
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Cut bank
A cut bank, also known as a river cliff or river-cut cliff, is the outside bank of a water channel (stream), which is continually undergoing erosion.
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Deposition (geology)
Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass.
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Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city in Chippewa and Eau Claire counties in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Erosion
In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas
Horseshoe Lake is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary
The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, is Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake.
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Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.
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Lake Chicot
Lake Chicot is a lake located near Lake Village, Arkansas.
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Lake Village, Arkansas
Lake Village is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
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Landform
A landform is a natural feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
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Main stem
In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".
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Meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse.
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Meander cutoff
A meander cutoff, the natural form of a cutting or cut in a river occurs when a pronounced meander (hook) in a river is breached by a flow that connects the two closest parts of the hook to form a new channel, a full loop.
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam–Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books which is especially known for its dictionaries.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
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Oxbow
An oxbow is a U-shaped metal pole (or larger wooden frame) that fits the underside and the sides of the neck of an ox or bullock.
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Oxford Canal
The Oxford Canal is a narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Bedworth (between Coventry and Nuneaton on the Coventry Canal) via Banbury and Rugby.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.
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Physical geography
Physical geography (also known as geosystems or physiography) is one of the two major sub-fields of geography.
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Point bar
A point bar is a depositional feature made of alluvium that accumulates on the inside bend of streams and rivers below the slip-off slope.
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Reelfoot Lake
Reelfoot Lake is a shallow natural lake located in the northwest portion of U.S. state of Tennessee, in Lake and Obion counties.
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Resaca (channel)
A resaca is a type of oxbow lake that can be found in the southern half of Cameron County, Texas.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
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Rio Grande
The Rio Grande (or; Río Bravo del Norte, or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River).
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Sea
A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.
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Secondary flow
In fluid dynamics, a secondary flow is a relatively minor flow superimposed on the primary flow, where the primary flow usually matches very closely the flow pattern predicted using simple analytical techniques and assuming the fluid is inviscid.
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Sinuosity
Sinuosity, sinuosity index, or sinuosity coefficient of a continuously differentiable curve having at least one inflection point is the ratio of the curvilinear length (along the curve) and the Euclidean distance (straight line) between the end points of the curve.
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Sussex
Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.
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Tennessee
Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.
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The History Press
The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.
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The Oxbow (Connecticut River)
The Oxbow (also known as the Ox-Bow) is an extension of the Connecticut River, located in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
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Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (plural vortices/vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
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West Burton, Nottinghamshire
West Burton is a very small hamlet and former civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, located in the north-east of the county within the district of Bassetlaw.
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Wiradjuri language
Wiradjuri (many other spellings, see Wiradjuri) is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup.
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1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes
The 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.5–7.9 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_lake
