Mud Lake (Tennessee)
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Mud Lake is an oxbow lake
located in northwestern DeSoto County, Mississippi
and in southwestern Memphis, Tennessee
. It was created by changes in the flow of the Mississippi River and borders Horn Lake (Tennessee) to the east.
Oxbow lake
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong, derived...
located in northwestern DeSoto County, Mississippi
DeSoto County, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2005 estimate, there were 137,004 people, 38,792 households, and 30,102 families residing in the county. The population density was 224 people per square mile . There were 40,795 housing units at an average density of 85 per square mile...
and in southwestern Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. It was created by changes in the flow of the Mississippi River and borders Horn Lake (Tennessee) to the east.