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A river delta is so named because the shape of the Nile Delta approximates the triangular uppercase Greek letter delta.The triangular shape of the Nile Delta was known to audiences of classical Athenian drama; the tragedy Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus refers to it as the "triangular Nilotic land", though not as a "delta". [8]
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NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false color) The Nile Delta at night as seen from the ISS in October 2010.. The Nile Delta (Arabic: دلتا النيل, Delta an-Nīl or simply الدلتا, ad-Delta) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
This process by which the river changes course is known as avulsion, or delta-switching, and forms the variety of landscapes that make up the Mississippi River Delta. [ 7 ] The Atchafalaya River is the largest distributary of the Mississippi River and is also considered to be an influential part of the continual land-building processes within ...
This is a route-map template for the Kennebec River, a waterway in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Total length of the river's main stem, measured in kilometers. length_mi: Total length of the river's main stem, measured in miles. length_ref: References or other notes for length of river, used only if |length_km= or |length_mi= are used. width_min: Minimum width between banks of the river.
The shifting river delta at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf Coast lies some 300 miles south of this area in Louisiana, and is referred to as the Mississippi River Delta. Rather, the Mississippi Delta is part of an alluvial plain , created by regular flooding of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers over thousands of years.