Editing River delta (section)

=== Wave-dominated deltas ===
In wave-dominated deltas, wave-driven sediment transport controls the shape of the delta, and much of the sediment emanating from the river mouth is deflected along the coastline.<ref name="Galloway1975" /> The relationship between waves and river deltas is quite variable and largely influenced by the deepwater wave regimes of the receiving basin. With a high wave energy near shore and a steeper slope offshore, waves will make river deltas smoother. Waves can also be responsible for carrying sediments away from the river delta, causing the delta to retreat.<ref name="Anthony 53–78" /> For deltas that form further upriver in an estuary, there are complex yet quantifiable linkages between winds, tides, river discharge, and delta water levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pasternack.ucdavis.edu/research/projects/tidal-freshwater-deltas/tfd-hydrometeorology/|title=Dr. Gregory B. Pasternack – Watershed Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Ecohydraulics :: TFD Hydrometeorology|website=pasternack.ucdavis.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-06-12|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003152127/http://pasternack.ucdavis.edu/research/projects/tidal-freshwater-deltas/tfd-hydrometeorology|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pasternack|first1=Gregory B.|last2=Hinnov|first2=Linda A.|date=October 2003|title=Hydrometeorological controls on water level in a vegetated Chesapeake Bay tidal freshwater delta|journal=[[Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science]]|volume=58|issue=2|pages=367–387|doi=10.1016/s0272-7714(03)00106-9|bibcode=2003ECSS...58..367P|url=https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5m64x13f/qt5m64x13f.pdf?t=p7r28s|access-date=2019-08-29|archive-date=2018-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724233149/https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5m64x13f/qt5m64x13f.pdf?t=p7r28s|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Ganges River Delta, Bangladesh, India.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Ganges Delta]] in [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] is the largest delta in the world, and one of the most fertile regions in the world.]]