Oxbow Lake Traditional Cache
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Camoed coffee can when placed contained log book, pencil,
tradeables, TB and a Coin.
Located off Old North Road near the Big East River.
Please note coordinates have been averaged.
Mature rivers flow across wide river valleys and meander or snake
across the flat plains. These meandering streams create large loop
meanders that develop into oxbow lakes adjacent to the stream. As a
mature river begins to curve, it cuts and erodes into the outside
of the curve and deposits sediment on the inside of the cure. This
is due to the fact that the stream moves more rapidly on the
outside of the curve and more slowly on the inside of the curve.
Thus, as the erosion and deposition continues, the curve becomes
larger and more circular. Eventually, the loop of the curve reaches
a diameter of approximately five times the width of the stream and
the river begins to cut the loop off by eroding the neck of the
loop. Eventually, the river breaks through at a cutoff and forms a
new streambed. Sediment is then deposited on the loop side of the
stream, cutting off the loop from the stream entirely. This results
in a crescent-shaped lake that looks exactly like an abandoned
river meander. Such lakes are called oxbow lakes because they look
like the bow part of the yoke used with teams of oxen.
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