A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
English: delta
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delta, alluvial cone, alluvial fan
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#9,240 of the corpus · 7.3 per million words · 31,224 occurrences
Noun
An object shaped like an equilateral triangle
English: delta
The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
English: delta
1 more noun senses
A fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens out
English: alluvial fan, alluvial cone
Less certain link between this word and this sense.