Beautiful photos: The neurons of the Earth
The delta is a region formed where the river flows into an ocean, sea, lake ... depositing sediments, leaving a mysterious beauty. Scientists decided to capture the delta system in the world to see its
The delta is a region formed where the river flows into an ocean, sea, lake . depositing sediments, leaving a mysterious beauty.
Scientists decided to capture the delta system in the world to see its "entangled" beauty.
Dr. Helene Burningham, lecturer in geology at University College London, said: 'The photos show a variety of forms associated with the river delta. The river delta also provides extremely important ecosystems. "
However, if living around the delta will face many dangers such as flooding, erosion.
Currently, the system of plains tends to change and will occur periodically. The cause of change is due to human activity and the combination of sea level rise and global warming.
According to a statistics, about one-fifth of the world's population lives, breathes and works on one of the world's 40 large plains.
The following is a series of photos of the world's plains:
This is the mouth of the Betsiboka River in Madagascar, which can bring many red sediments into the sea to erode and cause much damage to the area - (Photo: Daily Mail)
This is the plain in the Bijagos Islands, West Africa, where only 20 of the 80 islands can live. The photo looks like a Van Gogh painting - (Photo: Daily Mail)
Papua Bay, Papua New Guinea: 400 km wide area holds a sea area of about 35,000 km 2 , the coast is surrounded by mangrove forests - (Photo: Daily Mail)
Like the tree of life: the Lena River Delta in Russia consists of 61,000 km 2 , with 30,000 km 2 of the delta - this is one of the world's largest plains - (Photo: Daily Mail)
Khatanga - Siberian river delta, Russia, looks almost like a cloud when the wind blows through the area - (Photo: Daily Mail)
The Yukon River Delta, Alaska, is about 25,000 people larger than Oregon, which lives around - (Photo: Daily Mail)
Reference: Daily Mail
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