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What does a river deposit at the mouth of the river to form a delta?
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dirt ,mud ,rocks ,and pebbles.
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What do you call a deposit at the mouth of a river?
A deposit at the mouth of a river is called a delta. This land form is created because of the deposition of sediments carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth.
What is found at the mouth of a river?
A sea or ocean is found at the mouth of a river.
How deltas form at the continental boundary?
A delta forms when the sediment from one area is brought to another area by a river after being eroded. The river will deposit the sediment at the mouth of the river, forming the delta.
A large amount of sediments deposited at the mouth of a river form what?
It is called SILT.
Which river in India does not form any delta at its mouth?
the narmada
What is a delta and how does it form?
A delta is a land form created at the mouth of the river by the gradual deposition of river born sediments. See also "alluvial fan."
Why can't a delta form at a river mouth where the waves are strong?
the waves carry the sand and pieces of rock that form the delta away.
Can a delta form a river mouth along a coast where the waves are very strong?
No.
What is the triangular of land form by deposits at the mouth river in Louisiana called?
Delta
A river's suspended and bed loads may accumulate at its mouth and form a?
Delta
How a delta forms?
The flow rate of the river slows precipitously at the mouth of the river, and any carried silt drops to the bottom - where it builds up to form a delta.
Where on the map is there a land form called a delta?
The deposit at the mouth of a river is usually triangular in shape and size. The triangular shape and the increased width at the base are due to blocking of the river mouth, with resulting continual formation of http://www.answers.com/topic/distributary at angles to the original course
