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MrDereche MrDereche
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Why is a bird-foot delta like that of the present-day Mississippi below New Orleans likely to change naturally toward one with the shape of an equilateral triangle like the upper-case, Greek letter delta (?)?
A) Present-day distributaries have higher gradients than potential new ones.
B) Potential, new, major distributary channels have steeper gradients than existing channels.
C) Potential, new, distributary channels have higher gradients, causing downcutting of the existing channels.
D) Increased sediment loads since the mid-nineteenth century have caused the major distributaries to be filled with sand.
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