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Regressive Delta
A regressive delta is a body of sediment that forms at the landward end of a gut. In contrast to river deltas, regressive deltas are not caused by fluvial sedimentation but by marine sedimentation. During storm events, sediment-bearing sea water is pressed through the gut into the adjacent lagoon. Sedimentation takes place immediately after the water has passed the gut because the velocity of the current strongly decreases. The surplus water will leave the lagoon at leeward guts. Well-known regressive deltas on the Baltic Sea coast are those of the Prerower Strom in northeast Germany and the Åšwina The Åšwina (; Pomeranian: ''Swina'') is a river in northwest Poland, between 2 and 4 km from the German border. It flows from Szczecin Lagoon to the Baltic Sea between the islands of Uznam and Wolin. It is a part of the Oder estuary, and car ... in northwest Poland. References {{Coastal geography Coastal geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gut (coastal Geography)
A gut is a narrow coastal body of water, a channel or strait, usually one that is subject to strong tidal currents flowing back and forth. The term is also used in some places for a small creek. Coastal channels Many guts are straits but some are at a river mouths where tidal currents are strong. The comparatively large quantities of water that flow quite quickly through a gut can cause heavy erosion that results in a channel deeper than the rest of the surrounding seabed, and the currents may present a hazard to ships and boats at times. The term "gut" is primarily (though not exclusively) applied to channels of the coastal waters of the Atlantic coast of North America. A similar term of related but not identical meaning, " gat", is applied to some narrow waterways of the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts of Europe. Some bodies of water named "Gut" are: *Digby Gut in Nova Scotia *Mira Gut, at the confluence of the Mira River with the Atlantic Ocean at the settlement of Mira Gut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Deltas
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment. It is so named because its triangle shape resembles the Greek letter Delta. The size and shape of a delta is controlled by the balance between watershed processes that supply sediment, and receiving basin processes that redistribute, sequester, and export that sediment. The size, geometry, and location of the receiving basin also plays an important role in delta evolution. River deltas are important in human civilization, as they are major agricultural production centers and population centers. They can provide coastline defense and can impact drinking water supply. They are also ecologically important, with different species' assemblages depending on their landscape positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prerower Strom
The Prerower Strom, Prerow Strom at www.ostseeferieninfo.de. Retrieved 27 Jun 2019. or Prerowstrom is an arm of the in northeast Germany. It begins near the island of Schmidtbülten in the and winds its way through the countryside of the peninsula of , where it separates from the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åšwina
The Świna (; Pomeranian: ''Swina'') is a river in northwest Poland, between 2 and 4 km from the German border. It flows from Szczecin Lagoon to the Baltic Sea between the islands of Uznam and Wolin. It is a part of the Oder estuary, and carries about 75% of that river's waterflow (of the remainder, Peenestrom carries 15% and Dziwna 10%). It has a length of about 16 km. Świnoujście is a major town on the river. The German Empire dammed and deepened the river from 1874-1880 to create the ''Kaiserfahrt'' ( Piast canal).http://swinemuende.name/Kaseburg%20%28Karsibor,%20district%20of%20Swinemuende%29.htm. Kaseburg (Karsibor district of Swinemuende). Accessed 28-04-2012. It connects the northern part of the Świna directly with the Szczecin Lagoon and the Pomeranian harbor of Szczecin (Stettin). The river thus gained importance as a direct waterway to the industrial city. The territory along the river's path was transferred from Germany to Poland following World War II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
