Brewer's: Delta

The island formed at the mouth of a river, which usually assumes a triangular form, like the Greek letter ( ) called delta; as the delta of the Nile, the delta of the Danube, Rhine, Ganges, Indus, Niger, Mississippi, Po, and so on.

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