Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas

Nick van de Giesen

doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00047-y

Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas

Nick van de Giesen^*

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Abstract

A model has been devised that quantitatively describes how the shape of a river delta is affected by sediments, tides and waves. It reveals that the area of delta land is increasing globally, as a result of human activities upstream.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	473-474
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	577
Issue number	7791
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00047-y
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Environmental sciences
Hydrology
Ocean sciences

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Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas

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