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) | |
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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