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Title: Delta structure.
Caption: C. Satellite image of a portion of the delta of the Mississippi River in May 2001. For the past 500 years or so, the main flow of the river has been along its present course, extending southeast from New Orleans. During that span, the delta advanced into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) per century. Notice the numerous distributaries. (NASA image)
Keywords: streams, rivers, deltas, distributaries, foreset beds, bottomset beds