River delta The Okavango Delta in Botswana is one example. The generic term "mega delta" can be used to describe very large Asian river deltas, such as the Yangtze, Pearl, Red, Mekong, Irrawaddy, Ganges-Brahmaputra, and Indus. The formation of a delta is complicated, multiple, and cross-cutting over time, but in a simple delta three main types of bedding may be distinguished: the bottomset beds, foreset/frontset beds, and topset beds. This three part structure may be seen in small scale by crossbedding. The Ganges/Brahmaputra combination delta, which spans most of Bangladesh and empties into the Bay of Bengal, is the world's largest delta.
Skjern River Skjern River Skjern River () is the largest river in Denmark, in terms of volume. The river has its spring in Tinnet Krat in central Jutland, very close to Gudenå, another large river. It drains about one tenth of Denmark and discharges 206 m³/s (89,100 ft³/s) of water into the Ringkøbing Fjord - a lagoon and former bay of the North Sea. The river has its name from town of Skjern, located at the river delta (the only river delta in the country) at Ringkøbing Fjord. In the 1960s, the Danish government began straightening the rivers run and drain the