deltaic

[del-tey-ik]

adjective

1. pertaining to or like a delta.

2. forming or having a delta.

Other Word Forms

• subdeltaic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deltaic¹

delta + -ic

Example Sentences

The Russian-held, eastern bank of the Dnipro River is a low-lying area of reedy swamps and deltaic islands, dotted with small villages and vacation homes for people living in the city of Kherson.

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Ukraine is now fighting in boats in the reedy marshes and deltaic islands of the lower Dnipro River; it is pushing against multiple trench lines on snowy plains in the Zaporizhzhia region in the south; and is engaging in a bloody, seesaw fight along the so-called Svatove-Kreminna line, in pine forests in northeastern Ukraine.

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Deltaic regions where there is a lot of groundwater withdrawal, such as areas around New Orleans or Manila in the Philippines, are seeing some of the greatest sea-level rise.

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“The project itself is putting a finger on a really essential question for a lot of deltas around the world — how this deltaic land is formed and what processes take it away,” he said.

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Kennda L. Lynch, a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, said this “beautiful deltaic deposit” in Jezero could preserve hints of life from three different environments: from streams and smaller lakes upstream; from the Jezero lake itself; or in groundwater pushed to the surface from below.

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