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    A delta is a flat landform created at the mouth of a river where deposited sediment has reduced the river's energy and it can no longer carry its sediment load. Deltas are found at the ends of major rivers like the Mississippi, Amazon, and Nile. They provide very fertile soil and habitat for many plant and animal species. However, deltas are threatened by rising sea levels caused by global warming, which could potentially cover and destroy deltas and endanger the species that inhabit them.

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    A delta is a flat landform created at the mouth of a river where deposited sediment has reduced the river's energy and it can no longer carry its sediment load. Deltas are found at the ends of major rivers like the Mississippi, Amazon, and Nile. They provide very fertile soil and habitat for many plant and animal species. However, deltas are threatened by rising sea levels caused by global warming, which could potentially cover and destroy deltas and endanger the species that inhabit them.

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    A delta is a flat landform created at the mouth of a river where deposited sediment has reduced the river's energy and it can no longer carry its sediment load. Deltas are found at the ends of major rivers like the Mississippi, Amazon, and Nile. They provide very fertile soil and habitat for many plant and animal species. However, deltas are threatened by rising sea levels caused by global warming, which could potentially cover and destroy deltas and endanger the species that inhabit them.

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    DELTAS

    EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM


    By Antoinette

    index
    What are deltas? Where do you find them? Model of a delta Table on Deltas What fauna does a delta create? What danger is there for Deltas? Questions?

    What are deltas, where do you find them?


    WHAT IS IT?A delta is a huge surface of sand and soil that is formed at the mouth of a river that is completely flat, and has no more energy to carry everything it has eroded at the upper and middle course. It is a great habitat for animals, though it is in a great danger WHERE DO YOU FIND IT? There is a delta in the Mississippi, the Amazonian River, the Rhone and the Nile, many other flat places.

    Table
    Where? How steep? What type of erosion? Mountain Very Negative Erosion: matter is taken away River Bed A bit Transportation/tr ansformation: matter is rolled by the river and transformed into sand. Clean/flat water Neutural: soil constantly changed by the river but fertile Delta Flat Positive Erosion: Deposition

    What water? What soil?

    Spring water Very poor: nutriments (matter) is taken away, soil not fertile

    Clean/flat water AND sea water Very rich: deposition makes soil extremely fertile.

    What fauna does a delta create?


    Deltas have amazing faunas. The soil is extremely fertile, so Plants grow easily, so a great number Of animals come. There are mainly birds That stop during their migration, but You can still easily find a lot of different species. There is also something unique about Deltas, they have a salt water part and A pure water part. this means that almost Any animal could live there. Deltas are also one of the rare places to Have wild horses, and wild cows.

    What danger is there for the deltas?


    There is a huge threat for deltas: Global warming. As the earth warms up, the ice on earth melts, making the sea level rise. If we dont do anything soon, the sea level will rise so much that it will cover all the deltas, which will kill a lot of animals and will endanger some species (including our own, since deltas supply an amazing quantity of cereal) or even make others disappear.

    Sea rise because of global warming at the Nile Delta

    Model of delta

    Questions?

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