The term delta was first applied by the Greek historian Herodotus in approximately 450 B.C. to the triangular deposit of riverborne sediments at the mouth of the Nile River in Egypt.
(The term delta; was applied; by the Greek historian Herodotus; L:in approximately 450 B.C.; to the triangular deposit of riverborne sediments at the mouth of the Nile River in Egypt; T:first) (Herodotus; [is] historian [from]; Greece)
The term delta Herodotus
was applied [is] historian [from]
by the Greek historian Herodotus L:in approximately 450 B.C. to the triangular deposit of riverborne sediments at the mouth of the Nile River in Egypt T:first
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