Oxbow lakes are always found oxbow lakes are always found in steep, mountainous terrain in areas where the process of aquatic succession has occurred in agricultural areas where oxen have traditionally been used to plow fields in association with a larger lake alongside a river

alongside a river

Explanation:

When the wide meander is cut off from a river it creates a free standing body of water. This water body is called an oxbow lake.

A meander is a curve that is formed on a river. Meanders are primarily produced by the erosion of the river coast. When the erosion causes the formation of a water body shaped like an oxbow an oxbow lake is formed. They are generally formed on the final course of a river in the near vicinity.

countries such as spain, france and portugal colonized the region. although most of latin america was colonized by spain, the countries of portugal and france also had major influences on the region. due to war and disease, native populations were decimated.

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