1·Sand has silted up the river delta.
泥沙把这条河的三角洲淤塞了。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
格兰德河的三角洲地区是块布满了灌木丛及沼泽地的被遗忘之地。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.
尼罗河在河口分岔, 形成了一个三角洲。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·One of the characters is Wereket-El, a Phoenician merchant living at Tanis in Egypt's Nile delta.
其中有一个人物叫 Wereket-El,是居住在埃及尼罗河三角洲塔尼斯的腓尼基商人。
5·State authorities have ordered cutbacks in deliveries of water from the delta because of the threat to endangered species such as salmon and smelt.
由于鲑鱼和胡瓜鱼这些濒危物种受到威胁,国家当局已经要求消减从该三角洲往外输水的量。