River deltas
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | joint delta of the Tigris and Euphrates River | |
| Arles | The city of Arles is situated at the beginning of the Rhone delta | |
| Ayutthaya | Chao Phraya Delta | |
| Danube Delta | Danube Delta | |
| Djenné | Inland Niger Delta | |
| Djoudj | Senegal river delta | |
| Donana National Park | Delta of the Guadalquivir River | |
| Ferrara | Po Delta | |
| Gammelstad | Lule river delta | |
| Genbaku Dome | Genbaku Atomic Dome and the whole city of Hiroshima are built on the delta of Ota River | |
| Gulf of California | Upper Gulf of California - Colorado River Delta (marine portion) | |
| Kinderdijk | Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta | |
| Lake Baikal | Selenga River delta | |
| Laponian Area | Rapa River Delta | |
| Lower German Limes | "The Lower German frontier was established in the very distinctive landscape of a lowland river and its delta. (...) The tight network of military installations of the Lower German Limes (...) continued throughout the delta, with a screen of posts in vulnerable positions on the river bank." (Nomination file, p. 101) The fort at Valkenburg-Centrum is the "best known example of the 'delta type'". (Nomination file, p. 104) | |
| Makli, Thatta | Indus river delta | |
| Okavango Delta | ||
| Pantanal | It constitutes an enormous internal river delta (wiki) | |
| Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and the White Sea | "The petroglyphs of the White Sea include 3,411 figures divided into 11 groups extending over 11 sites spread over 7 islands on the Vyg River's delta". (AB Ev) | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | The Pyramids of Giza are near the apex of the Nile delta. | |
| Saloum Delta | ||
| St. Petersburg | Neva Delta | |
| Stone Spheres of the Diquís | Diquis Delta | |
| Sundarbans National Park | Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta | |
| The Sundarbans | Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta | |
| Trang An | southern edge of the Red River delta (AB ev) | |
| Uvs Nuur Basin | Uvs Lake and Ubsu-Nur include the deltas of the Tesin-Gol and Torkhiologiin-Gol rivers (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Wood Buffalo National Park | Peace-Athabasca Delta, where the Peace and Athabasca Rivers join the Slave River at the western end of Lake Athabasca |
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