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The mouth of the river is where it flows into a larger body of water such as a lake, ocean, sea. However, deltas usually form at the mouths of rivers from sediment being deposited over time. Don't get these two things confused.

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The lowest, tidal reach of a river as it reaches the sea is called its 'estuary'.

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