Sometimes Venus appears in the eastern sky before sunrise. Sometimes it appears in the western sky just after sunset. Therefore it is often called a morning or an evening star, although it is not a star.
Albedo is the proportion of insolation that is reflected back by the surface. It depends upon the nature of the surface upon which the solar radiation is incident and the angle of incidence of the solar beam.
Ox bow lake is a U shaped lake formed when a meander of a river is cut off. This cut off meander creates a free standing water body called Ox bow lake. Resacas are ox bow lakes left by Rio Grande.