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The Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee is an oxbow lake formed when the Mississippi River took a new channel following the New Madrid earthquake of 1811–1812. There are many oxbow lakes alongside the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The largest oxbow lake in North America, Lake Chicot (located near Lake Village, Arkansas), was originally part of the Mississippi River.
The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) bend in the Connecticut River, is disconnected at one end.
The town of Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas is named after the horseshoe-shaped oxbow lake on which it is located.
Cuckmere Haven in Sussex, England contains a widely meandering river with many oxbow lakes, often referred to in physical geography textbooks.
Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary, India contains rare and endangered migratory birds and is one of Asia's largest oxbow lakes.
Carter Lake, Iowa was created after severe flooding in 1877 led to the river shifting approximately 1.25 mi to the southeast.
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