Largest Deltas

The largest river deltas are massive geological formations created where major rivers deposit sediment into standing bodies of water.

• Amazon River Delta — 62,000 (Northern Brazil)
• Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta — 40,000 (India and Bangladesh)
• Yangtze River Delta — 25,000 (Eastern China)
• Lena River Delta — 18,000 (Siberia, Russia)
• Mekong Delta — 15,000 (Southern Vietnam)
• Mississippi River Delta — 14,500 (United States)
• Ganges Delta (Sub-region) — 10,000 (India)
• Nile Delta — 9,650 (Egypt)
• Orinoco Delta — 9,600 (Venezuela)
• Volga Delta — 6,000 (Russia)

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