Question

What is delta?

How is it formed?

Answer 1

When a river reaches a lake or the sea the water slows down and loses the power to carrysediment . The sediment is dropped at the mouth of the river. Some rivers drop so much sediment that waves and tides can't carry it all away. It builds up in layers forming a delta.

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Answer 2

a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river , typically where it diverges into several outlets