Low-Energy (Nile Delta)

• 150km long bordering Mediterranean Sea
• Sediment load 30% clay, 40% silt and 30% sand
• Limestone outcrops experience carbonation
• Clay less resistant to erosion so sediment more easily formed, which a delta needs
• Arcuate so sediment is coarse-grained
• Average sediment yield is 4.26 t / ha / yr
• Imbalance between erosion and accretion since Aswan High Dam was built in 1964
• Sediment accreted from 120 million tonnes to trace amounts
• Increase in erosion to the NW of the delta
• Coast retreats at a rate of 148 m / yr due to Med sea level rising 1.2 mm / yr