Delta Formation

The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent

The Low Countries is a historical and geographically coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

The Ganges Delta, formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden flows of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, is the world's largest delta, at about 64,000 km2 (25,000 sq mi).

Upon filling the bay with sediment, the delta advanced outside this barrier-blocked estuary after 3500 BC, building several successive lobes

This type of delta forms naturally in the slow rivers which deliver a great deal of sediments and flow into a quiet sea.

Seismic profiles and radiometrically dated core samples indicate that the delta is prograding seawards at an average rate of about 6 m/a

As a result of constant accretion into the sea, the delta is advancing at a rate of 5-6 kilometres (3.1-3.7 mi) per 100 years, equivalent to about 1,000 hectares per year.

Distributaries are a result of river bifurcation and are often found where a river approaches a lake or an ocean and divides into distributary networks; as such they are a common feature of river deltas.

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.

The Okavango Delta or Okavango Grassland is a vast inland delta in Botswana formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an elevation of 930-1,000 m (3,050-3,280 ft) in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari Desert.

The Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers.

From there, the Nile flows north through the Nubian Desert to Egypt's capital, Cairo, and finally empties into the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, where it has formed a large river delta.

The resulting delta forms the Camargue region.

Sundarbans is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal.

The modern Mississippi River Delta formed over the last approximately 4,500 years as the Mississippi River deposited sand, clay and silt along its banks and in adjacent basins.