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what is delta

 A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea,estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river

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A river delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river. Over long periods of time, this deposition builds the characteristic geographic pattern of a river delta. 

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 A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a rivers, where that river flows into an ocean, sea. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river. 

Herodotus the great historian coined the term delta for the Nile River delta because the sediment deposited at its mouth had the shape of the Greek letter Delta: Δ.
The Ganga and Brahmaputra form the world’s largest delta which is called the Sunderban delta.

 

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WHEN THE RIVERS MEET THE SEA, THEY DIVIDE INTO SEVERAL BRANCHES. THIS IS KNOWN AS A DELTA.

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The rivers become so slow that it begins to deposit its load.Each distributary forms its mouth the collection of sediments from all the mouth. Forms a delta
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What is a Delta?

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Ans-When the river break up into a number of streams called distributaries.The river becomes so slow that it begins to deposit ots load. Each distributary forms itso own mnmouth mouth nouth. The collection of all the mouths form a deltacollection of sediments from all the mouths oWn
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it is formed by mouth of river
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yes you are right
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A river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.[1][2]This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment. The size and shape of a delta is controlled by the balance between watershed processes that supply sediment, and receiving basin processes that redistribute, sequester, and export that sediment. The size, geometry, and location of the receiving basin also plays an important role in delta evolution. River deltas are important in human civilization, as they are major agricultural production centers and population centers. They can provide coastline defense and can impact drinking water supply.They are also ecologically important, with different species' assemblages depending on their landscape position.
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A river delta is a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment. 
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the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Δ, δ ), transliterated as ‘d’.
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A river delta is a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water
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name the countries with whom India has a common land border Re boundary
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name the countries with whom India has a common land boundary
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