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Typical region in the Okavango Delta, with free canals and lakes, swamps and islands. The Okavango Delta [2] (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an altitude of 930–1,000 m [3] in the central part of the endorheic ...
The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit. 'Nine Dragon River Delta' or simply Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, 'Mekong River Delta'), also known as the Western Region (Vietnamese: Miền Tây) or South-western region (Vietnamese: Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of ...
Delta Delta Delta ( ΔΔΔ ), also known as Tri Delta, is a global [2] women's fraternity and Greek life organization founded on November 27, 1888 at Boston University by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed, and Florence Isabelle Stewart. With over 200,000 living initiates at 141 chapters and over $450M assets under ...
The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. [1] [2] It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical zone, one state ( Ondo ) from South West geopolitical zone and two states ( Abia and Imo ...
Female students at Brown University, approximately 45 miles from Tufts, created the women's fraternity Delta Sigma (local) in 1896. [5] Phi Gamma was a women's society established at the University of Maine in February 1897 and was the first sorority on campus. [6] [7] Its original members were Agnes Burnham, Autense Cousens, Susie Davis, Rena ...
Reubin Askew, Governor of Florida (1971–1979) James J. Blanchard, Governor of Michigan (1983–1991) Ernie Fletcher, Governor of Kentucky (2003–2007) Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma. Adam Beeler, justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1930–1932) Bruce Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Adam McMullen, Governor of Nebraska.
Alpha Pi Delta was founded on June 28, 2010 by several college women with like-minded missions, visions and goals. Their vision was to organize a lesbian sorority Greek Letter organization to promote the cause of services and education by encouraging the highest standards through cultural and educational programs, promoting community service ...
Satellite image of the Amazon Delta captured by NASA in 2005. NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false color) A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. [1] [2] This occurs at a river mouth, when it enters an ...