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nounprodelta (plural prodeltas)
plural prodeltas
- The part of a river delta that is furthest offshore and in which deposition is slowest
The sediments are mainly of terrigenous origin, and on the prodelta of the Orange River they are laminated and have a dominant fluvial input [27 ].
2015 December 1, “Infaunal Benthic Communities from the Inner Shelf off Southwestern Africa Are Characterised by Generalist Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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