This aerial photo is typical of what you will find where the ends of an oxbow lake meet the parent river. Through siltation over many years, the old river channel is gradually filled in and is much shallower near the parent channel than portions of the ox

This aerial photo is typical of what you will find where the ends of an oxbow lake meet the parent river. Through siltation over many years, the old river channel is gradually filled in and is much shallower near the parent channel than portions of the ox

This aerial photo is typical of what you will find where the ends of an oxbow lake meet the parent river. Through siltation over many years, the old river channel is gradually filled in and is much shallower near the parent channel than portions of the ox