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31Ganges Delta — The Ganges Delta (also Sunderban Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India. It is the world s largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It …
32Alpha Delta Pi — Infobox Fraternity letters= ΑΔΠ name= Alpha Delta Pi crest= founded= Birth date and age|1851|05|15 birthplace= Wesleyan College, (Macon, Georgia) type= Social emphasis= scope= International mission= vision= motto= We Live For Each Other maxim=… …
33Sacramento-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… …
34Yangtze River Delta — 长江三角洲 Shanghai …
35Dyke Delta — JD 2 Delta EAA AirVenture 2008 Role Utility aircraft Manufacturer …
36Inverted 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… …
37Orinoco Delta — Orinoco Delta. The Orinoco Delta is a vast river delta of the Orinoco River, located in eastern Venezuela. The Orinoco Delta is fan shaped, formed by the Orinoco River as it splits into numerous distributaries, called caños, which meander through …
38lava delta — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Lava entering the sea often builds a wide fan shaped area of new land called a lava delta. Such new land is usually built on sloping layers of loose lava fragments and flows. On steep submarine slopes, these… …
39fan delta — noun : an alluvial fan merging with a delta called also delta fan * * * a partially submerged alluvial fan that has merged with a delta. [1915 20] * * * fan delta, a fan shaped alluvial deposit …
40flood-tidal delta — A largely subaqueous (sometimes intertidal), crudely fan shaped deposit of sand sized sediment formed on the landward side of a tidal inlet (modified from Boothroyd et al., 1985; Davis, 1994; Ritter et al., 1995). Flood tides transport… …
