Wednesday 2 November 2022

Oxbow in the making

 
Our walk this morning took in a stretch of Black Water; it's flowing well again after a bare bottomed summer, it's environs looking lovely too dressed in autumnal hues. This section of Black Water throws out some big meanders, one of the necks between said meander bends has been breached, toppling a couple of saplings in the process; I'd imagine the winter flow will ensure the breach is permanent, for a while at least an island may form, though it won't be long before a new oxbow lake begins forming as the stream becomes established in it's new course.

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