Class: Delta

A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Endurant
                        •PhysicalEndurant
                                •PhysicalObject
                                        •NonAgentivePhysicalObject
                                                •PhysicalPlace
                                                        •PlanetaryStructureObject
                                                                •GeomorphologicalUnit
                                                                        •CoastalLandForm
                                                                                •Delta

Super Classes

CoastalLandForm

Disjoint Classes

Shoreline, Lagoon, Inlet, Estuary, IntertidalZone, Marsh, Beach, Fjord

Usage

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