
Brahmaputra
The braided Brahmaputra in Assam around Majuli, one of the largest river islands.
Rivers, deltas, and estuaries from 100 to 250 km across, drawn from water and wetland shapes over faint terrain.

The braided Brahmaputra in Assam around Majuli, one of the largest river islands.

The Sundarbans, a mangrove delta of tidal channels where the Ganges and Brahmaputra reach the Bay of Bengal.

The Irrawaddy's delta on the Andaman Sea, west of Yangon.

The Lena's Arctic delta on the Laptev Sea, a maze of channels and thaw lakes.

The Mekong reaching the South China Sea through its many distributaries in southern Vietnam.

The Birdfoot delta, where the Mississippi splits into passes into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Nile fanning out between Cairo and the Mediterranean, with its canals and coastal lakes.

An inland delta, where the Okavango spreads into the Kalahari and never reaches the sea.

Where the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt reach the North Sea through the Dutch delta.

The mouth of the Yangtze at Shanghai, with Chongming Island in the estuary.