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Oxbows and Cutoffs in Idaeus Fossae
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As rivers age they can meander and occasionally these meanders get so pronounced that the river cuts off these curving loops at their narrow end leaving them as isolated as oxbow lakes. Image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineOxbows and Cutoffs in Idaeus Fossae. NASA/JPL, 2013-08-21. Public domain. ID: PIA17644.
