Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Biggest River Deltas Of The World





A delta is a body of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river or
stream where it enters an ocean or lake. Unlike other landforms affected
by running water, a delta is not created primarily by water cutting
into or eroding the landscape (erosion is the gradual wearing away of
Earth surfaces through the action of wind and water). Water does not
tear down a delta; instead, it builds up a delta.



 Here is the list of top 10 largest river deltas of the world



Largest Delta Areas

River

Location

Size of Delta Area

Ganges-Brahmaputra

Bangladesh/India

40,790 square miles (105,645 square kilometers)

Mekong

Southeast Asia

36,209 square miles (93,781 square kilometers)

Lena

Russia

16,820 square miles (43,563 square kilometers)

Huang He

China

14,005 square miles (36,272 square kilometers)

Mississippi

United States

13,000 square miles (33,670 square kilometers)

Indus

Pakistan

11,400 square miles (29,524 square kilometers)

Volga

Russia

10,511 square miles (27,224 square kilometers)

Niger

Western Africa

7,388 square miles (19,135 square kilometers)

Tigris-Euphrates

Southwest Asia

7,142 square miles (18,497 square kilometers)


 Read more: http://www.scienceclarified.com/landf...

 For visualization click on the video..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPKnOxVaXk


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