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A plain is a level area of land. A delta is land created by a river that deposits soil. The term "delta" usually impies the triangular shape of land at the opening of a river into a sea or lake. However a delta can be formed by flooding of large rivers. Just below Memphis, there is some flat land that has deep, fertile top soil that has been created by thousands of years of flooding by the Mississippi River. These plains are deltas.

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