River delta
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river-delta-203-15158202
title:
River delta
text:
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs at a river mouth, when it enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment. It is so named because its triangle shape resembles the uppercase Greek letter delta, Δ. The size and shape of a delta are controlled by the balance between watershed processes that supply s
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta
date created:
2003-01-08T17:56:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:38:48Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Lena_River_Delta_-_Landsat_2000.jpg","width":3100,"height":3100}
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13
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