Prodelta

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The part of a river delta that is furthest offshore and in which deposition is slowest

    "The sediments are mainly of terrigenous origin, and on the prodelta of the Orange River they are laminated and have a dominant fluvial input [27 ]."

Example

More examples

"The sediments are mainly of terrigenous origin, and on the prodelta of the Orange River they are laminated and have a dominant fluvial input [27 ]."

Etymology

From pro- + delta.

More for "prodelta"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.