--- In [email protected], "jhar1945" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve - do a Wikepedia on River Welland and follow on through the River > Gwash link, there you will find reference to Oxbow lakes (remember from > school - meandering offcuts!) but it says that these are not of the > normal expected shape, there's also some interesting stuff about rivers > being run in paralell courses so that the area between can function as > a flood plain. Perhaps the Environment Agency ought to do some reading > on how things were done hundreds of years ago - oh progress! > John >
School was a very long time ago, but I do remember geography lessons about Oxbow lakes :) There is plenty of evidence of them along the Welland in this area too. Steve....compiling lots of information :)
