Watch An Oxbow Lake Form: Ucayali River: 1985 - 2013

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
  • 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.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 139

  • @mackit
    @mackit 3 роки тому +365

    What I find really interesting is that the lake continues being fed by a small inlet and drained by a small outlet

    • @ErectkyleDysfunction
      @ErectkyleDysfunction 2 роки тому +7

      Just doing lake things 😌

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 2 роки тому +12

      @@plowe6751 Oxbow lakes by definition need to have water if they dry up they are called an "Abandoned meander" so yes it would dry up if it didn't have that.

  • @MattIsFine
    @MattIsFine 4 роки тому +524

    The small river on the left side is pretty cool to watch too.

    • @justinchow1644
      @justinchow1644 4 роки тому +17

      what! it literally disappeared in a year, can anyone explain what this phenomenon is called

    • @thewhopper256ify
      @thewhopper256ify 4 роки тому +39

      Justin Chow I’m not sure, but if you look at the years 2005-2006 (0:52), you’ll see that there was suddenly a lot of sediment deposited at the northern end of the smaller river which ultimately resulted in the smaller river changing course and joining with the larger one

    • @theovicenty18
      @theovicenty18 4 роки тому +1

      @@thewhopper256ify Maybe it was man made change or something

    • @Ptaku93
      @Ptaku93 3 роки тому +16

      @@theovicenty18 no, more likely is one particularly more rainy season, bringing in more silt from upriver. There is absolutely no sign of large man-made works in this timelapse whatsoever

    • @FezCaliph
      @FezCaliph Рік тому +1

      The fact that it completely changed direction in such a short time is astonishing.

  • @jonbird6566
    @jonbird6566 6 місяців тому +19

    This is a beautiful way to show how alive rivers are. I think that the amazon is an exceptional landscape, and it rests on an incredibly level piece of land where this type of rapid change can exist, which is why the sediment can build up and block off previous paths of the river to allow new ones. You can see it so clearly in this video.. The path to that section of river where the water flowed was eroded away little by little until they connected to each other, and then bypassed the loop altogether. then the path of least resistance became straight and you can literally see the depositing of sediment building up where the majority of the water bypassed, eventually cutting the loop off almost completely from the river. This type of stuff is fascinating to me. I absolutely love how water flows and how rivers form themselves. If I could find a way to make money off of studying this I would do it in a heartbeat. Its so fascinating!

  • @DogeCharger
    @DogeCharger 3 роки тому +132

    Oxbow lakes are formed when a river's meander
    gets too wibbly, wibbly, wobbly to maintain the course it's on
    The main flow of the stream diverts itself accordingly

    • @princebempahosei146
      @princebempahosei146 2 роки тому

      Wtf🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Artemis_simetrA
      @Artemis_simetrA 2 роки тому

      It must be due to deposits on the opposite side of the meander. It causes the river to cut towards the meander, thus changing its course?

    • @brynnp1165
      @brynnp1165 Рік тому +6

      but here's my question son....

    • @OnionChoppingNinja
      @OnionChoppingNinja Рік тому +8

      @@brynnp1165 What the hell's an Oxbow? Are our bovine friends fashioning weaponry? Someone should tell me; Do I need to buy a shield?

  • @daleleavitt
    @daleleavitt 4 роки тому +94

    Thank you so much for posting this. I come across the term "oxbow lake" in my reading and this completely explains what it is.

    • @JudyR112
      @JudyR112 4 роки тому +2

      Same here!

    • @spacedoutorca4550
      @spacedoutorca4550 3 роки тому +4

      Fun fact: in Australia they’re called Billabongs.

    • @lastyhopper2792
      @lastyhopper2792 2 роки тому +1

      I come across this as I browse google map, and found traces of river that seems to be cut off of the river with weird shapes. Turns out river loves to change it's appearance dramatically

    • @Ann-ng9fw
      @Ann-ng9fw 2 роки тому

      samee

    • @kakahass8845
      @kakahass8845 2 роки тому +2

      @@spacedoutorca4550 Another fun fact: In Brazil they are called "Braço morto" [bɾä.su moh.tu] which translates to "Dead arm" (Literally "Arm dead").

  • @mastrammeena328
    @mastrammeena328 3 роки тому +52

    Woow everything is perfect
    Short
    Good soothing bgm
    Good graphics/animation
    Awesome
    Reminds me of Amoeba

    • @bigbirdmusic8199
      @bigbirdmusic8199 3 роки тому +2

      I wish most videos could be this succinct.

    • @bootlegsanta3053
      @bootlegsanta3053 2 роки тому +3

      The perfect video to watch while drinking a glass of water after waking up at 2am before going back to bed

  • @astropgn
    @astropgn Рік тому +11

    I was looking for the time it took to form. I didn't know if it was a decade, a century... This video gave me a nice perspective. It is fast enough that people would grow up and notice the difference

  • @vrk29
    @vrk29 Рік тому +10

    This is very interesting to watch! Shows how rivers are almost like a cycle!

  • @westrim
    @westrim 3 місяці тому +2

    Something I want to add, to go along with the 10km scale in the lower left, is that Landsat has a resolution of 30 meters. Every pixel here, 30 meters. This river is BIG.
    If you're wondering why the pixel size is so big, two reasons. One is continuity: Landsat began in 1972, so though other features are added and the spectral bands focused on are fiddled with, the resolution remains the same. 52 years later. It is still an improvement over the first few which had a resolution of 60 meters. The second is that the the scanning imagers on them prioritize speed and coverage over resolution: Landsat satellites cover the ENTIRE Earth every 16 days, giving them much better temporal resolution than basically any other imager up there. I'm simplifying a lot, but it's one of those things that we take for granted but took a lot of people a lot of effort and good thinking to set up and keep going uninterrupted. Landsat is cool.

  • @KJ-wc9qt
    @KJ-wc9qt 4 роки тому +47

    I feel so sad for that ox bow lake..!

    • @TS-gr7gb
      @TS-gr7gb 3 роки тому +4

      Huh?why?

    • @-daisyduck-4721
      @-daisyduck-4721 Рік тому +5

      I was going to say the same thing! the music makes it sound like he got left behind!!!😢😢

    • @HurricaneForce
      @HurricaneForce 3 місяці тому

      We got people being sad at oxbow lakes before GTA 6 🤪🤪🤪

    • @anthonyschocke2831
      @anthonyschocke2831 3 місяці тому

      @@HurricaneForceOk, they’re sad, but are you implying that we are only supposed to be sad for oxbow lakes after GTA 6?

    • @HurricaneForce
      @HurricaneForce 3 місяці тому

      @@anthonyschocke2831 just a joke

  • @michaelschaezlein4205
    @michaelschaezlein4205 5 років тому +38

    The music makes it so sad, like a pixar short.

    • @Z.Toast1
      @Z.Toast1 4 роки тому

      It’s more like lofi hip hop

  • @ldelgg
    @ldelgg 3 роки тому +5

    The uycali drifts a lot! You can visualize its entirety on the google earth engine’s timelapse function, check it ou!

  • @redpie32
    @redpie32 4 роки тому +51

    Nature's version of breaking up with your ex

  • @melo7572
    @melo7572 2 роки тому +2

    Cool part is that you can see an even older oxbow lake to the right :P

  • @class5cmrityunjayjaiswalro522
    @class5cmrityunjayjaiswalro522 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for the posting this,😁😁

  • @user-b7ur3yu2b
    @user-b7ur3yu2b Рік тому +1

    The top left thing was adjusted and it also formed an oxbow lake in 2018

  • @CATgadgetsandDIY
    @CATgadgetsandDIY 3 роки тому +4

    it's really cool and fascinating. im trying it myself with the google map time lapse

  • @tomsmith5025
    @tomsmith5025 3 роки тому +3

    thanks mate

  • @talleric4523
    @talleric4523 2 роки тому +2

    That's was beautiful

  • @NepetaLeijonREAL
    @NepetaLeijonREAL 2 роки тому +2

    Props to the cameraman

  • @eraoflaughter
    @eraoflaughter 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @scotthayes4135
    @scotthayes4135 2 місяці тому

    The Stark Bend and Ink Bayou near Little Rock in Arkansas look like at one time they were oxbow lakes that were part of the Arkansas River.

  • @Tod_x
    @Tod_x Рік тому +1

    That's quite fast. Worry when thinking about river in my town

  • @FirstnameLastname-wx2ck
    @FirstnameLastname-wx2ck 9 місяців тому

    Absolutely fascinating

  • @ashadowawhisper
    @ashadowawhisper Рік тому +1

    I just saw an almost identical video of the Coosa River that was from 1985-2010.

  • @hurion
    @hurion 8 місяців тому

    So cool. Everything is alive

  • @flaviomv
    @flaviomv 3 місяці тому

    Eu não imaginava que o processo fosse tão rápido, incrível.

  • @ኬንቶ
    @ኬንቶ Рік тому

    So calm I love it

  • @ryan___ryan2711
    @ryan___ryan2711 3 роки тому +3

    Looks like the meander was too wibbly wibbly wobbly to maintain the course it was on.

  • @MaxOakland
    @MaxOakland Рік тому

    I like the music on this one a lot

  • @JT-nn8nj
    @JT-nn8nj 4 роки тому +5

    How long do these lakes usually survive

    • @Ptaku93
      @Ptaku93 3 роки тому +3

      It depends, but not long

    • @xdgaming952
      @xdgaming952 3 роки тому

      @@Ptaku93 u mean the oxbow ones?

  • @puddleduck1405
    @puddleduck1405 3 роки тому +2

    Oooh thanks for this I have a geography exam tomorrow and this is in it

  • @CVargas202
    @CVargas202 8 місяців тому +1

    how it does not dry? also all the fish left behind.

  • @ColbyNeblett
    @ColbyNeblett 2 місяці тому

    Wow it happens faster than I had originally assumed

  • @Ashish-ih6eu
    @Ashish-ih6eu 4 роки тому +1

    That’s so cool and satisfying

  • @FexiSponge
    @FexiSponge 2 роки тому +1

    On the left side it's starting to form another oxbow lake

  • @DomnulDarius
    @DomnulDarius 4 місяці тому

    Cool!

  • @shobuddy
    @shobuddy 5 років тому +2

    Very cool!

  • @parthapratimgope6790
    @parthapratimgope6790 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks dude

  • @YoUtUbEhAnDlEsArEgReAt
    @YoUtUbEhAnDlEsArEgReAt Рік тому

    Good old Kevin McLeod audio. I swear it sounds like a popular song that I can't quite remember.

  • @Bhadkee
    @Bhadkee 3 роки тому

    Thank for posting it

  • @devdayaldeo7679
    @devdayaldeo7679 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @gamersoutcast458
    @gamersoutcast458 4 роки тому +1

    Best video

  • @wobblesman4316
    @wobblesman4316 4 місяці тому

    I always wonder what the natives thought of these phenomena. It’s definitely observable in a single human life so I wonder how they explained it. Or if they already knew how it happens.

  • @johnp.6692
    @johnp.6692 3 роки тому +2

    Imagine leaving your house for 10 years

  • @EthanProductions.EarthxVenus
    @EthanProductions.EarthxVenus 5 місяців тому

    The small river on the left half of its body of water evaporated cause of tempatures due to sunny reasons

  • @reev9759
    @reev9759 11 місяців тому

    Title says "oxbow lake," description says "oxbow river." Very confusing and inconsistent.

  • @arcade3198
    @arcade3198 13 днів тому

    shout out dan and phil for bringing me here cause they never fucking explain what an oxbow lake actually is

  • @liamtgreat
    @liamtgreat 2 роки тому

    Why is no one talking about the entire stream in the top corner completely moving

  • @nick_0
    @nick_0 5 місяців тому

    And they say nature doesn't have a mind of its own, yet it always manages to seek a pathway of least resistance, find efficiency where inefficiency is found.

  • @tanvimathpal
    @tanvimathpal 4 роки тому

    Very good

  • @playerslayer6923
    @playerslayer6923 5 років тому +12

    Oxbow lake

  • @aaronkou5996
    @aaronkou5996 3 роки тому +1

    thx

  • @breed4052
    @breed4052 3 роки тому

    Cool tune

  • @pablopalma8019
    @pablopalma8019 2 роки тому

    Muy interesante 👌🏼

  • @xdgaming952
    @xdgaming952 3 роки тому

    nice one

  • @swapnilbhartiya8896
    @swapnilbhartiya8896 2 роки тому

    Please share the background music please!!

  • @shahida690
    @shahida690 2 роки тому

    COOL

  • @vijaykumar-pr3ny
    @vijaykumar-pr3ny Рік тому +1

    River meander gradually to oxbow.... 👌

  • @ayangjibrut
    @ayangjibrut Рік тому

    even river is a living thing, this world is a living thing

  • @RayAkuma
    @RayAkuma Рік тому

    0:51
    Where 2004 at?

  • @justaguy5770
    @justaguy5770 4 місяці тому

    Am I the only one who didn't know we satellite images from the 1980s?

  • @ademleboss4621
    @ademleboss4621 2 роки тому +1

    It happens for soooooooooo much time

  • @toolitsimon-c9d
    @toolitsimon-c9d Рік тому

    every educative

  • @triptisrivastava5316
    @triptisrivastava5316 2 роки тому

    I learned this in school

  • @myratrivedi8359
    @myratrivedi8359 3 роки тому

    cool

  • @ghostmantagshome-er6pb
    @ghostmantagshome-er6pb 4 місяці тому

    It made a private little Peninsula.

  • @serenewarwick7751
    @serenewarwick7751 4 роки тому +3

    *oh my god thats actually really cool*

  • @-sturmfalke-
    @-sturmfalke- 3 місяці тому

    The rivers in europe are way too "well maintained" for this at least of the used waterways. If you look at northeastern russia and siberia though, youll be amazed by that alien-looking landscape. If you look at map images on some parts of europe though, in fields you can clearly see sometimes huge areas where the residue of old rivers settled in the many thousand forks it created for hundreds of years it existed.

  • @UegeneRian
    @UegeneRian 7 місяців тому

    Earth's live action flip book

  • @marcelwirths57
    @marcelwirths57 2 роки тому

    satisfying

  • @Chris-55
    @Chris-55 3 роки тому

    Why don't they dry up tho?

    • @bhumigandhi2426
      @bhumigandhi2426 2 роки тому

      No they dry up eventually but it takes some time.

  • @rylandrc
    @rylandrc 3 роки тому +1

    1:00

  • @GilbertAugustine-x1v
    @GilbertAugustine-x1v 23 дні тому

    Blanche Ridge

  • @rd9337
    @rd9337 2 роки тому

    👍

  • @КаЯкер
    @КаЯкер Рік тому

    Прям америку открыл, у нас такого везде полно

  • @KACATK
    @KACATK Рік тому

    crazy

  • @ylette
    @ylette 4 місяці тому +1

    This is why it's a bad idea to base borders on rivers.

  • @emjay2980
    @emjay2980 3 роки тому

    hello class

  • @ademleboss4621
    @ademleboss4621 2 роки тому +1

    In real time

  • @KelsenBurgess-x7d
    @KelsenBurgess-x7d 20 днів тому

    Schultz Highway

  • @LondonCoral-f2m
    @LondonCoral-f2m 21 день тому

    Jacobs Forks

  • @DonaldAlvarez-z4g
    @DonaldAlvarez-z4g 22 дні тому

    Oswaldo Center

  • @RamonMiller-u3m
    @RamonMiller-u3m Місяць тому

    Torphy Track

  • @goodmind1808
    @goodmind1808 3 роки тому

    Seen

  • @BachSusanna-o4x
    @BachSusanna-o4x 22 дні тому

    Wisozk Flats

  • @JestineBloodsworth-u8y
    @JestineBloodsworth-u8y Місяць тому

    Rath Ramp

  • @RichardReger-b5o
    @RichardReger-b5o 24 дні тому

    Lang Mountain

  • @itsglby
    @itsglby 2 роки тому

    0:28

  • @LupeCerbone-c7q
    @LupeCerbone-c7q 27 днів тому

    Kshlerin Locks

  • @khaledalmassri7093
    @khaledalmassri7093 3 роки тому +1

    what is this haram ting

  • @MollKen-r6d
    @MollKen-r6d 27 днів тому

    Kristofer Trace

  • @WilbertLek
    @WilbertLek Рік тому

    Look! Look at the "supreme being" personally digging trenches.....

  • @BrowningAmos-v8q
    @BrowningAmos-v8q 23 дні тому

    Durgan Union

  • @vimalkumar822
    @vimalkumar822 3 роки тому

    🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂

  • @whathap3455
    @whathap3455 Рік тому

    damn 1995

  • @kuba955
    @kuba955 4 роки тому +1

    wow

  • @toolitsimon-c9d
    @toolitsimon-c9d Рік тому

    every educative