river-delta

River delta — Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. The Nile is an example of a wave dominated delta that has the classic Greek delta (Δ) shape after which river deltas were named. A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that… …   Wikipedia

river delta — Общая лексика: речная дельта …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

river delta — речная дельта …   Англо-русский гидрогеологический словарь

Colorado River Delta — as seen from space (2004); Isla Montague is the large island in the center. The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River flows into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez). The delta is part of a larger… …   Wikipedia

Yangtze River Delta — 长江三角洲 Shanghai …   Wikipedia

Pearl River Delta — The Pearl River Delta Region (PRD) (zh stp |s=珠江三角洲 |t=珠江三角洲 |p=Zhūjiāngsānjiǎozhōu) in southern China occupies the low lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Since economic… …   Wikipedia

Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — The Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in northern California in the United States. It is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers… …   Wikipedia

Mississippi River Delta — False color image of the larger Mississippi River Delta …   Wikipedia

Inverted river delta — An inverted river delta is special category of river delta in which the narrow end of the delta emerges on the seafront and the wide end is located further inland, so that with respect to the seafront, the locations of both ends of the delta are… …   Wikipedia

Mobile-Tensaw River Delta — Bottle Creek in the Mobile Tensaw River Delta The Mobile Tensaw River Delta is the largest river delta and wetland in Alabama. It encompasses approximately 260,000 acres (110,000 ha) in a 40 by 10 mile (16 km) area and is the second largest… …   Wikipedia