delta plain
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By the route of the Atchafalaya, the distance across the delta plain was a hundred and forty-five miles—well under half the length of the route of the master stream.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 3, 2018
As a final penalty, irrigation projects on the delta plain have allowed a moisture-loving snail to thrive.
From Time Magazine Archive
A closer view of these graves in the same delta plain is given in the lower section of Fig.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King
About five hours journey westward in this delta plain, where the fields lie six to ten feet above the present water stage, we reached the mulberry district.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King
As we wound through this great delta plain toward Shanghai, the city of foreign concessions to all nationalities, the first striking feature was the "graves of the fathers", of "the ancestors".
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King
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