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What do you call a deposit at the mouth of a river?
A deposit at the mouth of a river is called a delta. This land form is created because of the deposition of sediments carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth.
What is a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river?
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is known as a delta. Deltas form when a river flows into a larger body of water, like a sea or ocean, and deposits sediment and other material it has carried downstream. Deltas are typically characterized by their flat, triangular shape.
What is found at the mouth of a river?
A sea or ocean is found at the mouth of a river.
Which river in India does not form any delta at its mouth?
the narmada
Which of the following rivers does not form any delta at its mouth Cauvery Mahanadi Godawari Tapti?
Tapti river does not form any delta at its mouth.
What is a delta and how does it form?
A delta is a land form created at the mouth of the river by the gradual deposition of river born sediments. See also "alluvial fan."
A large amount of sediments deposited at the mouth of a river form what?
A large amount of sediments deposited at the mouth of a river can form a delta. Deltas are landforms created by the accumulation of sediments carried by the river and deposited as the river's flow slows upon entering a body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
Why can't a delta form at a river mouth where the waves are strong?
the waves carry the sand and pieces of rock that form the delta away.
A river's suspended and bed loads may accumulate at its mouth and form a?
Delta
Can a delta form a river mouth along a coast where the waves are very strong?
No.
What is the word for a spilt depost at the mouth of a river?
The word for a split deposit at the mouth of a river is "delta." Deltas form when sediment carried by the river is deposited as the water slows down upon entering a larger body of water, such as an ocean or lake. This results in a typically triangular or fan-shaped landform.
Where on the map is there a land form called a delta?
The deposit at the mouth of a river is usually triangular in shape and size. The triangular shape and the increased width at the base are due to blocking of the river mouth, with resulting continual formation of http://www.answers.com/topic/distributary at angles to the original course
