A landform built up at a river's mouth where it enters a standing body of water and loses velocity, depositing its sediment load faster than waves and currents can remove it. A delta's shape, arcuate, bird's-foot or estuarine among others, reflects the balance between the river's sediment supply and the reworking power of the waves and tides it meets.
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Wikidata: Delta
Wikidata Q24064858, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source River delta (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Deposition and Sedimentation, Article text
A river delta is a landform, typically triangular, created by the deposition of the sediments that are carried by the waters of a river, where the river merges with a body of slow-moving water or with a body of stagnant water.
Shaped By: Delta Formation, Article text
A river delta is a landform, typically triangular, created by the deposition of the sediments that are carried by the waters of a river, where the river merges with a body of slow-moving water or with a body of stagnant water.
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