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What forms where a river meets the sea or ocean?
delta
What forms where rivers mouth meets the sea or ocean?
delta
What forms where a river's mouth meets the sea or ocean?
delta
Why does a delta often forms where a river meets a ocean?
Because the river water is no longer flowing downhill, the water slows down.
Which surface feature forms from the deposition of sand and silt particles?
A delta forms at the point where a river meets the ocean. As river water flows into the ocean, the water slows and sand and silt particles are deposited. This forms the fan-shaped landmass under the water known as a delta.
What term best describes the location of a delta?
A delta is a landform that forms at the mouth of a river where it meets a body of water, such as a sea or ocean.
Sediments form a where the river meets the ocean?
The sediments are called silt or alluvium. The land formed from these sedimants where the river meets the ocean is a delta.
What forms when rivers flow into an ocean?
a delta
A forms where rivers empty into a lake or ocean?
delta
Which ecosystems is found where the fresh water of the river meets the salt water of the ocean?
Delta
What deposit forms at the mouth of a river where it dumps into the ocean?
delta
Why does delta often forms where the river meets the ocean?
Deltas form where rivers meet the ocean because the river's sediment load slows down and settles due to the decrease in water velocity caused by the ocean's tidal movements and waves. This accumulation of sediment creates landforms with various distributary channels that fan out like the Greek letter delta, giving rise to the name.
