delta
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The delta was roughly in the $2.5 million to $3 million range.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Results show that almost every delta studied contains areas where the land is dropping faster than nearby sea levels are rising.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Channels deepened through regular dredging would greatly increase the overall volume of fresh water in the delta.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
She told the court how when she worked at Shell, the company was having big problems dealing with oil spills in the Niger delta area where her family was from.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Yes, everything was once water, but the Earth formed out of the oceans by a natural process—similar, he thought, to the silting he had observed at the delta of the Nile.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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