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180 Deltas

Fig. 12.1 A delta fed by a river prograding
into a body of water.

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Fig. 12.2 The forms of modern deltas: (a) the Nile delta, the ‘original’ delta, (b) the Mississippi delta, a river-dominated delta,
(c) the Rhone delta, a wave-dominated delta, (d) the Ganges delta, a tide-dominated delta.