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Indus river no less than is the case with that of Egypt".

As a generic term for the landform at the mouth of the river, the word delta is first attested in the English-speaking world in the late 18th century, in the work of Edward Gibbon.

Formation

River deltas form when a river carrying sediment reaches a body of water, such as a lake, ocean, or a reservoir. When the

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