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Because the "delta" is triangular in shape, the same shape as the ancient Greek letter "D" which is pronounced "delta".
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What do you call land at the mouth of a river?
The land formed at the end of a river is called a delta. If you take your hand and spread out your fingers you can use your arm to represent the river and your fingers as the end of the river to represent the delta.
What do you call the place where a river ends?
It is called a delta. Or an estuary. It is the mouth of the river.
What do you call a part of a river were it emptys into a body of water?
It's called either the river mouth or the river delta.
What do you call the part of the Nile River that fans out and empties into a larger body of water?
The Nile River delta.
What do people call the area where the Nila river flows into a V shape?
A delta
Where is the Ohio river delta?
The Ohio River has no delta. It pours into the Mississippi River.
Does the Delta River have anything to do with the Nile River?
No - The Delta River is in the USA, the Nile River is in Africa.
Where would the delta on a river be found?
A delta is the mouth of a river.
Where do you find a delta on the River Thames?
The River Thames does not have a delta.
What is the name of a triangle shaped island at the mouth of a river that is formed from river sediments.?
It is known as a river delta. The Nile Delta is one example where the main river splits into smaller rivers and fans out before flowing into the Mediterranean Sea.
Could you give you an example of a delta?
== == Mekong Delta, Mississippi delta, the Nile delta, Mackenzie delta or any nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular and it is a name
What is a landform that develops when a river deposits sediment as it flows into the ocean?
River Delta or just simply delta.
