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What you called the land that is formed by sediments where river empties into a lake?
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It is called a River Delta.
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Sediments form a where the river meets the ocean?
The sediments are called silt or alluvium. The land formed from these sedimants where the river meets the ocean is a delta.
Most river sediments are deposited?
They are deposited at the river mouth, before it finally empties its water into the ocean.
What do we call the part of the Mississippi river that empties into the gulf of Mexico?
The part of a river that empties into a body of water is called the mouth of the river
Land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited sediments?
The Delta
When a river empties into the ocean which sediments are deposited closest to the shore?
The heaviest sediments like sand, small pebbles, and other detritus drop out of the current first. Lighter sediments like like silt are carried farther out.
What is the place where a river empties into the ocean is called?
Estuary
What part of a river has a triangular shaped island at the mouth of a river that is formed from river sediments and begins with a D?
This is the river delta.
What is an inlet where a river empties into an ocean or sea?
An estuary is an inlet of water where a river empties into an ocean or sea. It is formed from the freshwaters of rivers and stream, protected from storms, ocean waves and winds.
The river in southern Europe that empties into the mediterranean sea is called?
Euphrates River
What is the place where a river empties out into an ocean called?
It is usually referred to as the mouth of the river.
The place where a river empties into an ocean is called what of the river?
The Estuary Delta
What is formed from the deposition of sediments from a river flowing down the slope of a mountain?
a delta
