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Where does the name delta come from and why the term is used to describe this area?
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What is the name given to soil deposited at the mouth of a river?
The area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river is called river delta.
What is a name of a famous delta?
The Nile Delta known since the beginning of civilization.
What is the name used to describe grains that fit together?
Crystals
Name of the 5 stars on the southern cross?
Alpha Crucis, Beta Crucis, Delta Crucis, Gamma Crucis, and Epsilon Crucis,
What is another name for a fan shaped deposit of sediment that form on dry land?
Depends on the environment and mode of deposition. I think that you're thinking of an alluvial fan.
A triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river?
A Delta
Where did the name delta come from?
Greek letter delta, shaped like a triangle, which is also the approximate shape of a river delta.
What is a fan-shaped area at the mouth of the river?
The part of a river that takes up a fan-shaped form is called the Delta. The name delta was derived from the Greek letter Delta which looks like a fan.
What is the name land area that includes soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at a river?
A delta.
What is the name of the triangular area that empties into the Mediterranean?
I'm thinking you must be referring to the Nile Delta, in Egypt.
What is the birth name of Delta Burke?
Delta Burke's birth name is Burke, Delta Ramona Leah.
A name of a delta anywere in the world?
The Mississippi Delta. The Nile Delta.
What is a name for a delta as in river?
it's delta
What is the Latin name for delta?
Delta is a Latin word.
Name of the Niles delta?
the River Nile Delta
Can you name a delta?
The Mississippi Delta.The Nile Delta.
What is delta goodrems full name?
Delta Lea goodrem
