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Why does a deltas often form where a river empties into the ocean?
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A river ends its journy when it flows into a body of water such as a ocean or lake. Because the river water, such as an ocean or lake. Because the river water is no longer flowing downhill, the water slows down. Which makes sediment drop to the bottom. Sediment deposited where a river flows into into an ocean or lake builds upa landform called delta.
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What is the foot of a river?
The foot, or end of a river, is where it empties into a larger body of water, either a lake, sea or ocean. These can be called estuaries or in some cases deltas.
Where a river empties?
The river empties into the ocean, which evaporates and starts the water cycle.
What river empties into a sea in Africa?
Several: Let's start with the World's longest, the Nile River that empties out into the Mediterranean Sea. Then there's the Congo River that empties out into the Atlantic Ocean, the Limpopo River that empties out into the Indian ocean, and countless others. !
Does the Great Bear Lake empty into the Arctic Ocean?
It empties through the Great Bear River into the Mackenzie River and that river empties into the Arctic Ocean.
The mouth of what large river in Brazil empties into the Atlantic ocean?
the Amazon empties in the Atlantic ocean
What is the river the empties into the Pacific Ocean?
Colorado River
Into which ocean does the amazon river empty?
== == The Amazon River empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What ocean does the River Amazon empty into?
It empties into the Atlantic ocean.
What the largest river that empties into the Pacific Ocean?
Colorado River
The Niger River empties into what ocean?
The River Niger empties into the Gulf of Guinea :)
Where does the Paran River empties into which ocean?
ask her
The Amazon River empties into what?
The Pacific Ocean
