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Nile Delta
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The Delta is generally divided into seven primary distributaries, although modern hydrography recognizes only two major, navigable branches: the Rosetta (Rashid) branch-branch/) to the west and the Damietta (Domyat) branch-branch/) to the east. These channels braid across the low-lying plain, which slopes very gently northward towards the sea.
The geological structure of the Delta is primarily composed of Holocene sediments overlaid by highly porous …