Estuaries of rivers into the ocean can take various forms (IMAGE)

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics

Estuaries of rivers into the ocean can take various forms

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Estuaries of rivers into the ocean can take various forms. (left) The delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers at the mouth of the Indian Ocean consists of channels forming loops that surround hundreds of islands. (left)  Source : @ESA European Space Agency , (right) The mouth of a river from Wax Lake in Louisiana, USA, into the Atlantic Ocean is similar to that of a tree, in which the main stream divides into smaller branches. (Source: National Science Foundation, Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics).

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(left)  Source : @ESA European Space Agency , (right) Source: National Science Foundation, Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics.

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