32) Mahalla el Kubra. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of northern Egypt in the Nile River delta north of Cairo. It is a textile center with processing mills for rice and flour. Population: 408,000....

33) Sais. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of ancient Egypt in the west-central region of the Nile delta. It served as a royal residence during the XXVI Dynasty (663-525 b.c.)....

34) Lower Egypt. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The part of ancient Egypt comprising the Nile River delta. It was united with Upper Egypt c. 3100 b.c....

35) Calcutta. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of eastern India on the Hugli River in the Ganges delta. Founded c. 1690 as a British East India Company trading post, it was the capital of British India...

36) Pontianak. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A city of western Borneo, Indonesia, at the northern edge of the Kapuas River delta. Capital of a sultanate founded in 1772, it later became a major gold-exporting...

37) Alexandria. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A city of northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the western tip of the Nile Delta. It was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c. and became a repository...

38) Upper Egypt. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A region of ancient Egypt in the valley of the Nile River south of the delta area, which was known as Lower Egypt. The two regions were united c. 3100 b.c....

39) Mekong. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...flowing about 4,183 km (2,600 mi) from southeast China to the South China Sea through a vast delta in southern Vietnam. The delta, a major rice-growing area, was...

40) Hugli. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...(160 mi) long, of the Ganges River in eastern India. The westernmost channel on the Ganges Delta, it connects Calcutta with the Bay of Bengal....