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Ox-bow lake. Image credit airphotona.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Ox-bow lakes

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water.
This landform is […]

Rapids near Niagara Falls. Image credit NiagaraFallsLive.com ZIMSEC Geography Notes: Landforms resulting from river processes

A river through its processes of erosion, transportation and deposition forms several landforms.
These can be broadly divided into those landforms resulting from erosion and deposition.

Landforms […]

Meandering river. Image credit wordpress.com ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Meanders and Ox-bow lakes

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