niú'è​hú

oxbow lake

  • created sense approved 牛轭湖/牛軛湖 · niú'è​hú · oxbow lake — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛轭湖 / 牛軛湖

    niú'è​hú

    oxbow lake

    A U-shaped or crescent-shaped lake that forms when a wide bend in a river is cut off from the main channel

    牛轭 (literal) → 牛轭/牛軛 · niú'è · yoke 湖 (literal) → 湖 · hú · lake

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense