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Saturday, 2 January 2021

3 POINTS ON DELTA

 



1. As a river enters the sea it suddenly slows down. Its capacity for carrying sediment decreases and it may drop part of its sediment load in a huge fan of alluvial deposits called a delta.

2. Often the river splits up into many smaller branches called distributaries.

3. 3 main types of delta are: Bird's foot (Mississippi), Arcuate (Nile), Modified Cupsate (Niger)

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