Where Rivers Meet Oceans
    Earth & Space

    Where Rivers Meet Oceans

    A river slows when it hits the sea, drops its mud, and builds new land — a delta.

    Look at this fan-shaped land sticking out into the ocean. It wasn't always here. A river built it — one grain of mud at a time.

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