41) Prudhoe Bay. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An inlet of the Arctic Ocean on the northern coast of Alaska east of the Colville River delta. Extensive oil reserves were discovered here in 1968....
42) Yangon. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...city of Myanmar (Burma), in the southern part of the country in the Irrawaddy River delta. It became the capital of Burmese kings after the 1750s. Population: 513,023....
43) Biafra. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Nigeria on the Bight of Biafra, an arm of the Gulf of Guinea stretching from the Niger River delta to northern Gabon. It formed a secessionist state from May 1967...
44) Rann of Kutch. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...marsh of western India and southeast Pakistan between the Gulf of Kutch and the Indus River delta. It was the scene of major border disputes in 1965 and 1971....
45) Nile. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...6,677 km (4,150 mi) through eastern Africa from its most remote sources in Burundi to a delta on the Mediterranean Sea in northeast Egypt. The main headstreams, the...
46) Lena. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Lake Baikal and flowing about 4,296 km (2,670 mi) northeast and north to the Laptev Sea. Its delta is some 402 km (250 mi) wide....
47) alluvium. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...or alˇluˇviˇa (-v-) Sediment deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, flood plain, or delta. Also called alluvion. Medieval Latin, flood, from neuter of Latin...
48) San Joaquin. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...in the Sierra Nevada and flowing about 515 km (320 mi) west and northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River. The San Joaquin Valley is a rich, irrigated...
49) Mackenzie River. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Northwest Territories and flowing about 1,802 km (1,120 mi) generally northwest to a vast delta on Mackenzie Bay, an arm of the Beaufort Sea. It was first navigated...
50) deltoid. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...2. Of or relating to the deltoid. New Latin deltods, from Greek deltoeids, triangular : delta, delta; see delta + -oeids, -oid....
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