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Though the Red River Delta makes up only 5% of Vietnam's land, 30% of the country's population live there, making it the most densely populated part of the country. 80% of the population are employed in agriculture, but the agricultural lands of the delta amount to only about .3-.5 hectares per household, making the limited supply of arable ...
The modern configuration of the Pearl River Delta emerged during the second marine transgression, which took place approximately 7500 years ago. [3] To elucidate the factors driving the evolution of the present delta, a three-stage evolutionary model has been proposed. [3] Fig.8 Showing the sea level change and location of delta plain through time.
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]
People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. [6] Artifacts belonging to ancient sites have been found on the delta's coast.
This process is also known as delta switching. Deposition from the river results in the formation of an individual deltaic lobe that pushes out into the sea. An example of a deltaic lobe is the bird's-foot delta of the Mississippi River , pictured at right with its sediment plumes.
Cuama was the local name given by the dwellers of the Swahili coast for an outpost located on one of the southerly islands of the delta (near the Luabo channel). Most old nautical maps denote the Luabo entry as Cuama, the entire delta as the "rivers of Cuama", and the Zambezi proper as the "Cuama River". [citation needed]
The Mobile–Tensaw River Delta and the adjacent Mobile estuary make up one of the largest wetland ecosystems in the United States, which is why protecting its wide range of biodiversity is a top priority for conservators. According to the Forever Wild ranking system, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta is one of their top priorities for protection.