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A river delta is formed from the deposition of sediments carried by a river as the river enters an ocean, sea, lake, or another river. This is because the flow velocity decreases significantly and the fluid loses the ability to transport sediment.

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What causes a river to form a delta?

A river delta is formes by sabes and coravactional baches


What is the plural of delta as in the river Nile delta?

The plural form of the noun 'delta' is deltas.


Does ghagra form any delta?

no there is no delta formed by ghaghra river


What do branches of the Nile river form?

A delta...known as the Nile Delta.


Sediments deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake form a(n)?

it is a delta


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."


Which river does not form delta cauvery mahanadigodawaritapti?

Tapti


Which river does the brahmaputra merge to form a delta?

ganga


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.


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 first step of forming a delta?

A river delta begins to form when deposition of sediment and vegetation build up at the river mouth. The main river becomes split into many smaller streams. Examples can be seen on the Nile delta, the Mississippi Delta. With the world's largest delta being on the River Ganges.


What does a river deposit at the mouth of the river to form a delta?

dirt ,mud ,rocks ,and pebbles.