# Delta

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RFDE28b75F39aD8B4312Bb8b

## Labels

**Preferred Label:** Delta

**Alternative Labels:**

- NG+DE

**Hidden Label:** NG+DE

## Definition

A delta is a landform that forms at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir, and deposits sediment that it has carried from upstream.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/R4B9dec71E2dd97181f99777

**Deprecated:** False

**Identifier:** AFR-NG-NG+DE