delta
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One example is delta waves, the slow and rolling electrical patterns commonly associated with deep sleep.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Fishermen working the sea between the Irrawaddy delta and the coast of Mon state found several other bodies nine days later.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The project was planned for two areas along the Adriatic coast -- the protected delta area of Vjosa-Narta and the nearby uninhabited island of Sazan, once secret communist military base.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
To their right, the Phlegethon split into branches that etched the plain, widening into a delta of smoke and fire.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Researchers used advanced satellite radar systems to measure changes in surface elevation across deltas on five continents.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
Over time, sediment carried by rivers built deltas at the head of the Gulf, cutting off tidal access to inland areas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
In fifth-grade history we had spent a lot of time worrying about the flooded river deltas of the ancient world.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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