Editing Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas (section)

===The Horseshoe Lake===
The town of Horseshoe Lake is situated in the [[Mississippi River]] [[floodplain]] at the eastern tip of a [[horseshoe-shaped]] water body named Horseshoe Lake, which the town is named after. The Lake is a summer recreation spot for residents of nearby [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] offering boating, swimming, and fishing.

Changes in the course of the Mississippi River resulted in the shape of the lake. The lake is a former [[meander]] in the Mississippi River that was cut off, shortening the river, and is no longer connected to the river.

Horseshoe shaped lakes or [[oxbow lake]]s are not unusual in the flat plains of the lower Mississippi and other rivers.