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An oxbow is part of oxen tack: a u-shaped collar, the upper parts of which are fastened to a yoke.
Oxbow also commonly refers to a wide meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop; or, when the meander is cut off, the resulting oxbow lake.
Oxbow may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- "Oxbow", a song by Waxahatchee from her album Saint Cloud
- Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco
- The Oxbow, an 1836 painting by Thomas Cole
- The Oxbow Cure, a 2013 Canadian independent film
Communities
Listed alphabetically by province or state
Canada
- Oxbow, New Brunswick, a community in Victoria County
- Oxbow, Saskatchewan, a town
United States
- Oxbow Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County
- Oxbow, Maine, an unincorporated township in Aroostook County
- Oxbow, New York, a hamlet in Jefferson County
- Oxbow, North Dakota, a small city in Cass County
- Oxbow, Oregon, a populated place in Baker County
- Oxbo, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Parks and historical sites
Canada
United States
- Oxbow Archeological District, near Midland, Michigan
- Oxbow Historic District, in northern Newbury, Vermont
- Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, in Middlesex and Worcester counties in Massachusetts
- Oxbow Park (Seattle), a public park in Washington state
- Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo, a campground and zoo located in Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Oxbow Regional Park, a natural area park in Oregon
Waterways, lakes, and dams
- The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a body of water in Northampton, Massachusetts, and subject of a Thomas Cole painting
- Oxbow Creek, a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Oxbow Dam, located on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon border
- Oxbow Inlet, a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Oxbow Lake (New York), in Hamilton County, New York
- Oxbow Lake (Virginia), in Saint Paul, Virginia
Other uses
- Oxbow (horse), the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner
- Oxbow (surfwear), a French sporting equipment and apparel company
- Oxbow Airport, located adjacent to Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Oxbow code, fragments of program code that were once needed but which are now never used
- Oxbow complex, a Late Archaic period complex situated in the Northern Great Plains
- Oxbow Corporation, an American energy company owned by Bill Koch
- Oxbow orthohantavirus, an RNA virus
- Oxbow School, a single semester high school in Napa, California
- Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, in Saugatuck, Michigan
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oxbow.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Look up
oxbow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
An oxbow is part of oxen tack: a u-shaped collar, the upper parts of which are fastened to a yoke.
Oxbow also commonly refers to a wide meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop; or, when the meander is cut off, the resulting oxbow lake.
Oxbow may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- "Oxbow", a song by Waxahatchee from her album Saint Cloud
- Oxbow (band), a music group from San Francisco
- The Oxbow, an 1836 painting by Thomas Cole
- The Oxbow Cure, a 2013 Canadian independent film
Communities
Listed alphabetically by province or state
Canada
- Oxbow, New Brunswick, a community in Victoria County
- Oxbow, Saskatchewan, a town
United States
- Oxbow Estates, Arizona, a census-designated place in Gila County
- Oxbow, Maine, an unincorporated township in Aroostook County
- Oxbow, New York, a hamlet in Jefferson County
- Oxbow, North Dakota, a small city in Cass County
- Oxbow, Oregon, a populated place in Baker County
- Oxbo, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Parks and historical sites
Canada
United States
- Oxbow Archeological District, near Midland, Michigan
- Oxbow Historic District, in northern Newbury, Vermont
- Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, in Middlesex and Worcester counties in Massachusetts
- Oxbow Park (Seattle), a public park in Washington state
- Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo, a campground and zoo located in Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Oxbow Regional Park, a natural area park in Oregon
Waterways, lakes, and dams
- The Oxbow (Connecticut River), a body of water in Northampton, Massachusetts, and subject of a Thomas Cole painting
- Oxbow Creek, a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Oxbow Dam, located on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon border
- Oxbow Inlet, a tributary of Oxbow Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Oxbow Lake (New York), in Hamilton County, New York
- Oxbow Lake (Virginia), in Saint Paul, Virginia
Other uses
- Oxbow (horse), the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner
- Oxbow (surfwear), a French sporting equipment and apparel company
- Oxbow Airport, located adjacent to Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Oxbow code, fragments of program code that were once needed but which are now never used
- Oxbow complex, a Late Archaic period complex situated in the Northern Great Plains
- Oxbow Corporation, an American energy company owned by Bill Koch
- Oxbow orthohantavirus, an RNA virus
- Oxbow School, a single semester high school in Napa, California
- Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, in Saugatuck, Michigan
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oxbow.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.