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A deposit at the opening of a river is called delta.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoSilt is often deposited at the mouth of rivers and forms river deltas.
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What is an alluvial deposit at the mouth of the river?
This deposit is called a "delta".
What do you call a deposit at the mouth of a river?
A deposit at the mouth of a river is called a delta. This land form is created because of the deposition of sediments carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth.
What is a land deposited at the mouth of the river?
This land deposit you speak of is called a delta.
What is a fan-shaped sediment deposit formed at the mouth of a river called?
DELTA
A fan-shaped mud deposit at the mouth of the Nile River?
the nile delta is a fan-shaped mud deposit at the mouth of the nile river
What is a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river?
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is known as a delta. Deltas form when a river flows into a larger body of water, like a sea or ocean, and deposits sediment and other material it has carried downstream. Deltas are typically characterized by their flat, triangular shape.
What term is used for the triangular-shaped deposit of sediment sometime found at the mouth of a river?
An alluvial plain, sometimes also referred to as a fluvial plain.
What is a lanform is a fan shaped deposit at the mouth of a river?
Delta.
What deposit forms at the mouth of a river where it dumps into the ocean?
delta
What does a river deposit at the mouth of the river to form a delta?
dirt ,mud ,rocks ,and pebbles.
What is a sediment deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea?
Alluvial fan
The triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river is called .?
It is called a delta.
