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What is a delta? Name some deltas of the Indian subcontinent?

Deltas are formed by rivers on the banks of the sea.

They are mouth like formation in which a river is divided into smaller rivers.


Some deltas of the Indian subcontinent includes- Sunderban Delta, Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, Krishna delta, Mahanadi delta.


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