Delta Plain

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007594",
  "term": "Delta Plain",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The level (or nearly level) surface that makes up the landward part of a large delta; strictly, a flood plain characterized by repeated channel bifurcation and divergence, multiple distributary channels, and interdistributary flood basins. [Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012]\n\n2. The level (or nearly level) surface that makes up the landward part of a large delta; strictly, a flood plain characterized by repeated channel bifurcation and divergence, multiple distributary channels, and interdistributary flood basins.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary",
    "N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/delta-plain/"
}