6. Lower Course Landforms - Deltas
This page introduces the characteristics and physical processes at present at river deltas. It explains how there are different types of delta and what factors create them. Syallabus 1.2.1 The characteristics and formation of landforms: floodplains, deltas. Deltas form at the mouth of the river either at a lake or at the sea, due to a fall in energy as the river comes up against marine and tidal currents. Deltas are...