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The
Yukon Delta
is a
river delta
formed by the
Yukon River
as it drains into the
Bering Sea
. It is part of the larger
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta
, which includes the delta of the
Kuskokwim River
. The Yukon River rises in
British Columbia
, Canada, and flows through
Yukon
before entering the U.S. state of
Alaska
. This August 2017 satellite image of the Yukon Delta shows how the river branches into numerous
distributary channels
that
meander
through the low-lying terrain on their way to the sea. The sandy colour of these channels and the coastal water is indicative of the
marine sediment
the river carries to the sea at this time of year.
Photograph credit:
European Space Agency
/
Sentinel-2
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