the Clich River (red) is one of the upper tributaries of the Tennessee River, as is the Powell River to the west and the Holston River to the east
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS), Streamer
the Clinch River flows int the Tennessee River downstream of Knoxville
Source: Wikipedia, List of rivers of Virginia
the Clinch River flowed in a meander west of St. Paul in 1935
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS), St. Paul VA 1:24,000 scale topographic map (1935)
the former meander of the Clinch River, after a rechannelling project, is now Oxbow Lake Park
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS), St. Paul VA 1:24,000 scale topographic map (2022)
oxbows form naturally when a river erodes a new channel that isolates an earlier meander
Source: National Park Service, Fluvial Features—Meandering Stream