deltaic

[ del-tey-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or like a delta.
2. forming or having a delta.

Other Words From

• subdel·taic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deltaic¹

delta + -ic

Example Sentences

Climate-related factors have also driven a steady exodus out of flood-prone, deltaic Bangladesh into Assam.

From Time

The worst cattle are to be found always in the deltaic tracts, but there their place is to a large extent taken by buffaloes.

From Project Gutenberg

The stream now known as the Hugli represents three western deltaic distributaries of the Ganges—viz.

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Like other deltaic distributaries, they are subject to sudden changes in their channels, and to constant silting up.

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The villages are built on artificially raised sites, or the high banks of the deltaic streams.

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Thereafter, except for deltaic patches at Marsa Susa and Derna, the shore is all precipitous.

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