India Mahanadi / Italy Nile / of America Magdalena / Pakistan Brahmani / Nigeria Tigris / Bangkok / India Godavari / Argentina Vistula / Mexico São Francisco / Poland Indus / Bangladesh Irrawaddy / Jakarta / France Po / Brazil Rhône / Paraná / swamping Bangkok / /
Company
Amazon / Cambridge University Press / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Extinction / /
Facility
Yellow Mekong Nile The Aswan Dam / /
IndustryTerm
oil / /
NaturalFeature
Mekong / Amazon River delta / Colorado River / Ganges / Yellow River delta / Nile / Japan Amazon Despite forest / Po / Chao Phraya river / /
Organization
Cambridge University / US Federal Reserve / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Deltas at risk Deltas have long shaped humans’ lives: our ancestors thrived in river valleys like the Nile, Indus and Yellow. Their rich topsoil, refreshed every year by floods, fed and sustained our early societies.