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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

Lake formed in a cut off river, meander is called:

Explanation:

ANS. (C) 
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen.

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