River deltas
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | joint delta of the Tigris and Euphrates River | |
| Arles | The city of Arles is situated at the beginning of the Rhone delta | |
| Ayutthaya | Chao Phraya Delta | |
| Danube Delta | Danube Delta | |
| Djenné | Inland Niger Delta | |
| Djoudj | Senegal river delta | |
| Donana National Park | Delta of the Guadalquivir River | |
| Ferrara | Po Delta | |
| Gammelstad | Lule river delta | |
| Genbaku Dome | Genbaku Atomic Dome and the whole city of Hiroshima are built on the delta of Ota River | |
| Gulf of California | Upper Gulf of California - Colorado River Delta (marine portion) | |
| Kinderdijk | Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta | |
| Lake Baikal | Selenga River delta | |
| Laponian Area | Rapa River Delta | |
| Lower German Limes | "The Lower German frontier was established in the very distinctive landscape of a lowland river and its delta. (...) The tight network of military installations of the Lower German Limes (...) continued throughout the delta, with a screen of posts in vulnerable positions on the river bank." (Nomination file, p. 101) The fort at Valkenburg-Centrum is the "best known example of the 'delta type'". (Nomination file, p. 104) | |
| Makli, Thatta | Indus river delta | |
| Okavango Delta | ||
| Pantanal | It constitutes an enormous internal river delta (wiki) | |
| Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and the White Sea | "The petroglyphs of the White Sea include 3,411 figures divided into 11 groups extending over 11 sites spread over 7 islands on the Vyg River's delta". (AB Ev) | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | The Pyramids of Giza are near the apex of the Nile delta. | |
| Saloum Delta | "the Saloum Delta region is close to 5,000 km2, of which the actual delta represents approximately half. The property comprises the western, southern and central parts of the delta, the most humid and most typical, with a surface area of approximately 800 km2" (AB ev) | |
| St. Petersburg | Neva Delta | |
| Stone Spheres of the Diquís | Diquis Delta | |
| Sundarbans National Park | Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta | |
| The Sundarbans | Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta | |
| Trang An | southern edge of the Red River delta (AB ev) | |
| Uvs Nuur Basin | Uvs Lake and Ubsu-Nur include the deltas of the Tesin-Gol and Torkhiologiin-Gol rivers (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Wood Buffalo National Park | Peace-Athabasca Delta, where the Peace and Athabasca Rivers join the Slave River at the western end of Lake Athabasca |
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