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A delta is created where a river runs into the ocean, whereas a floodplain is only made when a river bursts it's banks and floods low lying ground.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoDeltas are at the END of rivers.
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What are some secondary landforms?
A Secondary landform- is a landform created by the erosion and weathering by water, wind, and ice. Some examples are alluvial fans, floodplains, and deltas
What types of land features are there?
There are many, including moutains, rivers, oceans, lakes, trenches, cliffs, canyons, mesas, platauos, hills, valleys, ravines, floodplains, deltas, and U-Shaped Valleys.
Deltas are built up by .?
Deposition build up deltas.
Does Deposition often helps to form caves?
Deltas
What features characterize wide streams and valleys?
Natural levees and broad floodplains
How significant the valleys and rivers floodplains and deltas to the field of civil engineering?
Tigris and Euphrates
How are deltas and floodplains similar in development?
They arr both formed by deposition and form near or on a river.
How many floodplains has the nile got?
One, since all the little quasi-deltas are refreshed simultaneously.
What landforms are in the lower course of the river?
Meanders, Ox-bow lakes, Levees, floodplains, deltas or estuaries..... :)
How do people restore beaches?
They prevent flood waters from damaging the land as they normally would,they prevent deposition of sediment along floodplains and deltas they remove any structures built on floodplains,so when rains are heavy,streams spill over onto the floodplains.
What kinds of landforms are created by rivers or streams?
Rivers and streams can create various landforms including valleys, canyons, meanders, deltas, floodplains, and alluvial fans. These landforms are shaped by erosion, deposition, and the movement of water over time.
What type of environment does shale come from?
Areas around slow moving water. Places like lagoons, lakes river deltas, and floodplains.
What are some secondary landforms?
A Secondary landform- is a landform created by the erosion and weathering by water, wind, and ice. Some examples are alluvial fans, floodplains, and deltas
What types of land features are there?
There are many, including moutains, rivers, oceans, lakes, trenches, cliffs, canyons, mesas, platauos, hills, valleys, ravines, floodplains, deltas, and U-Shaped Valleys.
How are dunes and deltas different?
Both form weather dune is has sand delta water
How is geography of Nubia different from that to Egypt?
It is different because it is further south and not as stark as the "floodplains and desert" landscape of Egypt.
How is the geography of Nubia different from that to Egypt?
It is different because it is further south and not as stark as the "floodplains and desert" landscape of Egypt.
