Correct answer: (d) Mississippi
Explanation
- A
Huang Ho
(a) Huang Ho. The Huang He’s delta is a heavily silted, shifting coastal plain, not the classic bird’s-foot textbook type.
- B
Nile
(b) Nile. The Nile builds an arcuate (fan) delta into the Mediterranean, the archetypal arcuate form, not bird’s-foot.
- C
Danube
(c) Danube. The Danube delta on the Black Sea is a mixed lobate wetland, not the stored bird’s-foot example.
- D
Mississippi
(d) Mississippi. The Mississippi builds a bird’s-foot (digitate) delta into the Gulf of Mexico, with long distributary fingers. That stored river is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) Mississippi. Bird’s-foot deltas are typed by the Mississippi. Nile is arcuate; Huang He and Danube are other delta styles. Neighbouring terms are distributary, levee and the Gulf of Mexico. Honour Mississippi for this paper.
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