This series of Landsat images captured between 1985 and 2013 shows the meandering Ucayali River. The high sedimentation load of this very active Amazon river causes cutoffs and an oxbow river as the channel changes course.

More:
How Oxbow Lakes Form
https://www.geographyrealm.com/howox...

Landsat images compiled by Zoltan Sylvester, geologist, used with permission.
https://hinderedsettling.com/2014/03/...


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