Multiple Choice
The Nile delta is shrinking because
A) manmade distributaries have been added for farming purposes.
B) sediment loads are carried far out into the ocean.
C) ocean currents have increased along the coastline.
D) the Mediterranean Basin is subsiding,thereby steepening the coastal margin.
E) the river is downcutting.
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