DELTA in a Sentence

Learn DELTA from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DELTA, such as:

1. The Nile divides near its mouth and forms a delta.
2. And although the main ports are on alert, Nigeria in particular has many small river ports in the Cross River and Niger deltas.

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delta
 n.  an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
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1  The Chevron Texaco oil company in Nigeria is using aircraft to evacuate hundreds of villagers from areas affected by unrest in the country's oil-producing southern delta region.
2  The Nile divides near its mouth and forms a delta.
3  And although the main ports are on alert, Nigeria in particular has many small river ports in the Cross River and Niger deltas.