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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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Another example is the delta of the Tagus river in Portugal, although due to sedimentation this delta is now only very partially inverted, with the valley now mostly filled with sediment. It is still about 15 km (9.3 mi) wide and 25 km (15.5 mi) long, compared with the 2 km-wide (1.2 mi) exit into the sea, and forms a large lagoon with large ...
A cross-section of a delta shows the cross bedding in the direction of stream flow into the still water. The foreset bed is formed when a stream carrying sediment meets still water. When the stream meets the still water, the velocity of the water is decreased enough so that the larger sediment particles can no longer be carried and are ...
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (4 C, 48 P) Pages in category "River deltas of the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
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The Delta may refer to: The Niger Delta, an oil-rich region of Nigeria; The Arkansas Delta, one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas; The Mississippi Delta, the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers; The Nile Delta, where the Nile empties into the ...
Like other desert river deltas, such as the Nile Delta and the Indus River Delta, the Colorado River delta has been greatly altered by human activity. Decades of dam construction and water diversions in the United States and Mexico have reduced the delta to a remnant system of small wetlands and brackish mudflats. [ 6 ]