tidal delta

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• tidal delta — a delta formed at both sides of a tidal inlet …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• flood-tidal delta slope —    An extension of the flood tidal delta that slopes toward deeper water in a lagoon or estuary, composed of flood channels, inactive lobes (areas of the flood tidal delta that are not actively accumulating sand as a result of flood tides), and… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• flood-tidal delta —    A largely subaqueous (sometimes intertidal), crudely fan shaped deposit of sand sized sediment formed on the landward side of a tidal inlet (modified from Boothroyd et al., 1985; Davis, 1994; Ritter et al., 1995). Flood tides transport… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• flood-tidal delta flat —    The relatively flat, dominant component of the flood tidal delta. At extreme low tide this landform may be exposed for a relatively short period (modified from Boothroyd et al., 1985).    SSS …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• ebb tidal delta — the sand bar formed at the seaward mouth of tidal inlets as a result of the meeting of tidal currents and waves …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• flood tidal delta — the bulge of sand formed at the landward mouth of tidal inlets as a result of flow expansion …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Delta National Wildlife Refuge — IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) …   Wikipedia

• Tidal force — The tidal force is a secondary effect of the force of gravity and is responsible for the tides. It arises because the gravitational acceleration experienced by a large body is not constant across its diameter. One side of the body has greater… …   Wikipedia

• Tidal tensor — In Newton s theory of gravitation and in various relativistic classical theories of gravitation, such as general relativity, the tidal tensor represents # tidal accelerations of a cloud of (electrically neutral, nonspinning) test particles, #… …   Wikipedia

• Delta Project — ▪ engineering project, The Netherlands also called  Delta Works,  Dutch  Deltawerken,         in the southwestern Netherlands, a giant flood control project that closed off the Rhine, Maas, and Schelde estuaries with dikes linking the islands of… …   Universalium

• River delta — Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. The Nile is an example of a wave dominated delta that has the classic Greek delta (Δ) shape after which river deltas were named. A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that… …   Wikipedia