delta
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Never mind that the peninsula is currently an ecologically protected area known as the Vjosa Narta, including a river delta and lagoon that is home to hundreds of species of birds, including flamingos.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Geological reconstructions indicate that the sediments containing the fossils formed in near-shore, shallow-water delta coastal environments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gamma measures how quickly an option’s delta changes as the underlying index moves, while net dealer gamma estimates how market makers’ exposure to the contracts they have sold, or bought, may influence their hedging activity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Full-Scale Tunnel, the linchpin of the lab’s World War II drag cleanup work, continued to test everything from low-speed aircraft designed with delta wings to helicopters.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
This research offers the first detailed, high-resolution analysis of elevation loss across 40 river deltas around the world.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
Over time, sediment carried by rivers built deltas at the head of the Gulf, cutting off tidal access to inland areas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2025
In his badly penned sigmas and deltas she spied the shaking hand of her son’s growing anxiety.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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