river delta

Summary

river delta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,125 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• delta is named after river delta^[2].
• river delta is a type of river mouth^[3].
• river delta is a type of plain^[4].
• river delta's Commons category is recorded as River deltas^[5].
• river delta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:River deltas^[6].
• river delta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[7].
• river delta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• river delta's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[9].
• river delta's different from is recorded as Delta^[10].
• river delta's properties for this type is recorded as P9700^[11].
• river delta's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include river mouth^[3] and plain^[4].

Origins

delta is named after river delta^[2].

Influence

Things named for river delta include Delta^[13], a city in the United States^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1906^[16] and Waterschap Hollandse Delta^[17], a water board in the Netherlands^[18], in Netherlands^[19], founded in 2005^[20], headquartered in Ridderkerk^[21].

Why It Matters

river delta ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,125 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for it include Delta^[13], a city in the United States^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1906^[16] and Waterschap Hollandse Delta^[17], a water board in the Netherlands^[18], in Netherlands^[19], founded in 2005^[20], headquartered in Ridderkerk^[21].