yes it is considered as on the delta because the delta is almost on it...
No, Calcutta is in India which is in southwest Asia. The Nile River is mainly in Egypt and The Sudan which are in Africa. The best known city near the Nile Delta is Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria and Cairo
Alexandria and Cairo
On the island of Pharos, off the Nile Delta's western edge
Heron of Alexandria was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast towardes the western edge of the Nile delta.
Cairo, Alexandria, Tanis, and Giza
North Egypt at the Nile Delta and into the Mediterranean Sea. A city near the delta at the mouth is Alexandria.
Alexandria and Shubra al Khaymah
the Nile Delta
The Nile River flows north through the country of Egypt, through the Delta (still in Egypt) and empties into the Mediterranean Sea, near the city of Alexandria.
The delta from north to south the delta is approximately 160 km in length. From west to east it covers some 240 km of coastline - from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east.
Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.