Table 1 Some selected examples of recent deltas classified according to the rational classification proposed in this paper. Note that the same system can be characterized by relatively coeval different delta types

Amu Darya

Aral Sea (UZ)

x

Conrad et al. 2013

Jordan

Dead Sea (JO)

x

Inbar 1987

Congo

Atlantic Ocean (CD)

x

x

Khripounoff et al. 2003; Zavala and Arcuri 2016

Al Batha

Oman Gulf (OM)

x

x

Bourget et al. 2010

Amazon

Atlantic Ocean (BR)

x

x

x

Nittrouer et al. 1986; Flood and Piper 1997

Orinoco

Atlantic Ocean (VE)

x

x

Zavala et al. 2012, Zavala and Arcuri 2016; Deville et al. 2015

Salado

Pacific Ocean (CL)

x

x

Wilcox et al. 2016

Bonea

Tyrrhenian Sea (IT)

x

x

Violante 2009

Dragone

Tyrrhenian Sea (IT)

x

x

Violante et al. 2016

Gaoping

Northern South China Sea (TW)

x

x

Liu et al. 2013

Parana

Rio de la Plata (AR)

x

x

Marcomini et al. 2018

Volga

Caspian Sea (RU)

x

x

Overeem et al. 2003

Danube

Black Sea (RO)

x

x

x

Panin et al. 2016

Yangtze

East China Sea (CN)

x

x

Luo et al. 2017

Huanghe

Bohai Sea (CN)

x

x

Yang and Liu 2007; Gao et al. 2014, 2018

Ganges- Brahmaputra

Bay of Bengal. Bengal Fan (BD)

x

x

x

Kuehl et al. 1997; Curray et al. 2002; Lee et al. 2019

Las Dunas

Gral. Carrera Lake (CL)

x

Bell 2009

Peyto

Peyto Lake (CA)

x

Smith and Jol 1997