Why Do Rivers Have Deltas?

[@OurayTheOwl]

Rivers are like belly buttons...said no one ever besides minute earth. very creative

[@ffccardoso]

make sense, since the cord is like a bloody river

[@Ro_Gaming]

@@ffccardoso *where's the plug? I'm definitely not cutting your internet.*

[@koharumi1]

So why does the Congo River have no delta despite emptying into the ocean?

[@callmevbuck4054]

@@koharumi1 The St. Lawrence river in Canada doesn’t really have a delta either, and yet it empties into the ocean.

[@Skye-q2n]

@@koharumi1 im not that good in english, but i think it's because the ocean like moves more so the stuff in the river doesn't just drops of but gets taken into the ocean idk if you understand me

[@uncreativename4180]

the real question is why do adam and eve have belly buttons in all their paintings

[@vrabiealexandru2755]

Lmao got me weak

[@Luka1180]

Because they were made to be like or look like any other human in the future? I don't believe in Good though.

[@centauria9122]

Maybe religion is made up and many believed in it?

[@centauria9122]

@Farm of Potatoes That's one of the many problems humanity has going on...

[@amyablett3439]

Harsh Dhakad yeah but they weren’t birthed out by a woman they were put on earth by god (well if you believe in god that is)

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

"Sir, the ground is frozen sir, the sea is getting back at us" "NONSENSE!!! Get the sendiments, pile them all up and see who'll be laughing now!!"

[@rogerwilco2]

That's how we Dutch think.

[@ItsTheMagicMelon]

Lol

[@milidevasia5533]

So far the sea is winning. Cuz 71% water

[@Rabiyakhatoon-tt7po]

Lol there is land in the bed of oceans land won by 100%

[@44Hd22]

The land might learn to melt earth so hard the water melts.

[@nobueno2551]

Okay, but now answer why people have innies and outies.

[@ARP2wefightforyou]

I was thinking the same thing. Outies ftw!!!!!

[@DavijiWeirdo]

+No Bueno When the umbilical cord falls out, sometimes it pulls the skin, and sometimes it doesn't. That's quite simple.

[@ARP2wefightforyou]

Daviji Weirdo but why are there innies as opposed to bellybutton-less people.

[@tammymac6067]

Belly buttons are scars from your umbilical cord. Where the midwife puts the peg to close the cord determines whether you develop an innie or outie. If the peg is further away, you get an outie, if it's closer, you get an innie. Some people don't have belly buttons because the doctor had to sew the umbilical chord shut.

[@Titanic-wo6bq]

How the umbilical cord is cut.

[@thez28camaroman]

Δ's?

[@astavie2920]

+Dark Rush Yes, Δ's

[@m-yday]

You on a Mac?

[@thez28camaroman]

+Shvet Maharaj No, I'm on my HTC A9. If you're wondering how I made the Δ, I used a Greek keyboard you can download from the Play Store or change in your keyboard settings.

[@YourMJK]

Or maybe δ's?

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

+Dark Rush Ναι , Δέλτα -.- It's pronounsed Thelta not Delta.

[@juliusbernotas]

I was taught at school, that river deltas form where is a little variation between high and low tide, so the sediment doesn't get washed off. You can notice that most rivers that flow into open ocean have wide estuaries, and those which flow to closed seas (i.e. Caspian, Mediterranean), tend to have branchy deltas. Exception would be Ganges - Brahmaputra, which has huge delta, but empties basically into open ocean.

[@jackdaniels4975]

Godsake please never show belly buttons in a video ever again

[@guestfanatic3350]

Eileen Blurrr same

[@ffccardoso]

same! Just mentioning then cause suffering for me!

[@rydershipley5493]

Bellyist

[@ffccardoso]

@Yernazar Seitmaganbet >_

[@ThatGuyDownInThe]

*triggered*

[@TheSuperNick1134]

Good ol' MinuteEarth. Answering questions that I didn't even know I had.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

+Deadeyes Yeah, thats my favourite type of questions :)

[@THTerra]

+Deadeyes xD

[@Timmering]

Lol

[@adamraiyan]

Damn still live huh

[@TomGreene]

This was a surprisingly easy explanation! Great work!

[@TheyCallMeGawd]

Because Epsilons are too expensive...

[@djow314]

+TheyCallMeGawd Only for non-continuous functions. With continuous functions for every epsilon you get a delta; it's like two for one!

[@Rhekon]

Because delta was lonely and all the other Greek letters were taken

[@ARP2wefightforyou]

+istari314 Ha!

[@bl-rp]

+William White Ϟ is still waiting...

[@joelshewmaker3567]

Eh, it's all Greek to me.

[@Zonneschijno]

There are three kinds of people on earth: the people that can count, and those who can't.

[@muhteyy3595]

There are 2 types of people: Grammar Nazis Neo-Nazis Hitler

[@elsam8340]

+Zonneschijn where did the third type go!

[@Zonneschijno]

el sam I think that I'm the second type of people and you're the first :D

[@elsam8340]

Zonneschijn LOL

[@muhteyy3595]

+Zonneschijn r u grammar nazi, neo nazi or hitler?

[@ZorroVulpes]

I feel like videos like these, and learning these kinds of things are important, even though the specific information it will most likely not be important to anyone watching unless they're a geologist, I think this kind of opening your mind and looking at things is important for people to watch because while the information about rivers cannot be applied to other areas of life, I think the understanding of logic from watching this does.

[@sprintershepherd4359]

its fun to know how things are formed and work instead of wondering how and why. I love looking at nature and understanding how it was formed its like looking back at time ,its amazing how ones imagination can visualise what happened in the past with a little understanding

[@lachlanzyp7806]

when a 2 minute video teaches you more than a 2 hour class

[@jyotisrivastava1122]

lmao

[@melpomeneouranos4973]

OUTIE BELLY BUTTONS ARE SO FUCKING WEIRD

[@ubermarkmc]

yes !

[@byefelicia1921]

what did the dinosaurs know about hillary clinton -why would you say that ._.

[@chrisgodliker]

SHUT UP

[@casonkm9030]

Ikr

[@qwertytypewriter2013]

I have a kink for them, but yes.

[@melanietrotochaud4013]

I... I didn't know outies existed...

[@toastom]

+Melanie Trotochaud lol

[@adamkilam]

+Melanie Trotochaud same here

[@theexcruciator8664]

Me too :D

[@purpleapple4052]

My grandpa has an outie

[@jasminezaki6789]

Melanie Trotochaud I have an inny

[@IAAFMIG]

was here to learn about delta formation. left with question about bellly buttons that i never thought i would.

[@carriewilliford1225]

Literally the only thing I remember about this video: “rivers are like belly buttons”

[@GuilhermeSuzano]

Nice explanation of a tide dominated delta! You could go beyond and explain about types of estuaries and other deltas. Thank you!

[@romeblanchard3419]

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, has a bank but never loans, has an innies and outies but got no belly button?

[@feather314]

A river!

[@EVAUnit4A]

Feather #CaptainObvious

[@crazyboutferrets]

River

[@superposition2644]

The answer is obviously a river.

[@justinaung3633]

I dont know tell me

[@sakibabrararnob5197]

The contents are absolutely awesome. As a student of Environmental Science, I am really getting benefitted by the contents. Thanks a lot 💖💖

[@neonexus7144]

*Clicks on video to learn geography* "The world is divided into two kinds of people: Those with innie belly buttons and those with outtie belly buttons" *Clicks away*

[@plangtonchannel5544]

Neonexus jf

[@plangtonchannel5544]

Fd

[@plangtonchannel5544]

Neonexus m

[@thomasp2572]

So , what determines if the river delta will be "innie" or "outie"? The flow conditions that allow sedimentation?

[@stormysamreen7062]

"The fertile rivers that have helped foster human civilisation" Indus: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@capreesan302]

Yes

[@spacebarbarian._]

Indus was a pretty helpful in the beginning of human civilization

[@incompatible6672]

Thank you, for another wonderful, and amazing video!

[@reaper411b]

What a fascinating explanation to a question I never realized I wanted answered. Thanks man, love this shit.

[@Thomi92]

0:07 Thats not a belly button.

[@Alchaeus]

+Thomi Your profile picture makes that comment even better.

[@karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos]

+Alchaeus hahaha xD

[@TheNoratek]

+Thomi a belly button always recognizes its kin

[@JoeyHazboun]

Thomi,yes it is

[@JoeyHazboun]

Κώστας Καραπαπαχατζηδιμιτρακόπουλος, yes

[@HummusPvm]

If the dirt in the water slows down as it reaches the end of the river, and thereafter stacks up and builds new parts of lands, then now, the rivers length is increased, the river, at the spot where new land has been "built" has re gained its flowing speed, and thus, the walls of the newly built land should be scraped off by the high speed water. But this doesn't happen, why? Also, why does melting ice's water flow in a zigzag shape and not in form of straight lines?

[@AdityaPrasad007]

I wonder why "rivers cut deeper and deeper valley's to reach the sea" - 0:52 I mean they were reaching the sea anyway. It would have been like a waterfall at the end. In case you want to know why rivers curve, this might help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpKWo2CZfJ2Kn8U

[@Bill-uo6cm]

@@AdityaPrasad007 My question as well. I suspect the answer is complicated, so the video just glossed over it.

[@irrelevant_noob]

@@AdityaPrasad007 waterfalls constantly erode the walls they are on, just like how rivers erode the banks on the side.

[@mildredthegoat8340]

1:01 I recognised the Exe estuary instantly, it's my natural habitat! I miss the salty tang of the mud on the air and the smell of seaweed gently decomposing in the afternoon sun, the call of the curlews and the clink of the rigging on sailboats.

[@zen123w]

pretty good explanation but a thing or two is incorrect. Source: masters in sedimentology and stratigraphy

[@MinuteEarth]

+Jackson Clarkson Please elaborate!

[@WAGMILLC]

+Jackson Clarkson Also would love more detail!

[@SofosProject]

+Jackson Clarkson I'm interested in hearing what input you have on this.

[@MrNicoJac]

+Fuckgoogleplus That would be a nice troll

[@SirPetterTheFirst]

+Fuckgoogleplus I think Allah Created Rivers

[@urjadoshi3084]

This is a really good explanation of what a delta is and I love your voice!

[@eliotoole4534]

The river is the umbilical cord

[@tommyclark3077]

Good job guys! Learned a lot, so I left a like 🤗

[@ZVEKOfficial]

There are 2 types of people in this world - Those who understand math

[@General12th]

+NightFury There are two types of people in this world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete information.

[@CrazyPhilMachine]

Explanation?

[@sagetmaster4]

+NightFury there are only two types of people in this world. those who make arbitrary categories and those who do not.

[@CrazyPhilMachine]

***** Good for you, now someone explain the joke? Has it to do with "Those who understand math" being x and the square root (if its positive) has two answers? Therefore two different types of people in "Those who understand math".

[@plokijum]

+NightFury there are two people in this world. me and the other guy who lives next to the high way.

[@striker521]

This is helping me with my studies! Thanks a lot!

[@danchen3676]

Outies are gross

[@IamNicolai]

+Dan Chen How intelligent.

[@qluke7881]

+Dan Chen not just talking about belly buttons i suppose

[@roofoochoo]

I rather have an innie, but I'm scared of my belly button bc when I was little I watched an episode of ren and stimpy and stimpy and it was horrifying o_O rather have an outie

[@lilrice8523]

I have innie

[@fintro1993]

+RooFooChoo um.. that show is demented...

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

Weirdly enough, I’ve never seen this channel, yet when I saw this it was already liked

[@aldrickespinosa2187]

0:26 to 0:42. It's a fight between Groudon and Kyogre. EYYYY WHERE MY POKEFANS AT?!?!?

[@Hanesboi]

LOL

[@the_really_tired_one]

Aldrick Espinosa me

[@Soaring_Penguin]

Present 👍 Actually just finished Omega Ruby today

[@Crayoneater96]

Bork(Here)

[@sriharshacv7760]

That is a cute, simple, short and entertaining explanation!

[@bauxsedai1495]

#TeamInnies!!!

[@ArkhBaegor]

+Maester Marwyn Your labelled political compass is super dumb fyi

[@bauxsedai1495]

And so are you my friend.

[@ArkhBaegor]

Maester Marwyn I wasn't trying to be mean, you probably didn't even take time to look at it. Here's a thread explaining why if you're interested: www.reddit.com/r/badpolitics/comments/3p09cl/labelling_the_political_compass/

[@bauxsedai1495]

Thank you, I thought you were merely trolling me at first. Sorry if i was a bit snappy.

[@chrisgodliker]

BOO NO

[@OrviC]

My geography teacher showed this in class. For some reason everyone freaked out when the belly buttons came up.

[@YasmineChan617]

I just had my geography exam today and a question was on delta. How I wish you could have released this earlier

[@malnutritionboy]

i am having mine tomorrow

[@pathibalan2279]

What would've you wrote, belly buttons?

[@lisaplays5145]

im have mine tomorrow

[@lisaplays5145]

@@malnutritionboy same

[@malnutritionboy]

@@lisaplays5145 4 years later hahaha

[@livmarilia5348]

Thank you! This explanation helped a lot!

[@petar_the_gamer]

You forgot to put a dot on the world map for the Danube Delta...

[@Twentsekoffieleut]

+antoniu8 They also forgot the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta (1 big delta & 3 rivers)

[@Zestrayswede]

Aka The Netherlands and northern Belgium

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

And the Lena Delta, the largest delta in the world.

[@squigglylines420]

i dont get how people dislike videos like this...i mean cmon he explains it so well...

[@SimplyMyAccount]

Innies 4 lyfe

[@Isaxus12]

+SimplyMyAccount I've seen a lot of outies in my days, but they have all transformed into innies as they grew up.

[@ARP2wefightforyou]

+Isaxus Outies forever!!!

[@aktuellyattee8265]

Terminal innie.

[@faiyaz2256]

best kind of illustration I've ever seen

[@rhaegartargaryen9315]

Liked the video just to make the count = 1,234 :D

[@thecuriousengineer]

+James Clark You're a hero :D

[@Poisoneer3677]

Cool!​@@thecuriousengineer

[@NardoVogt]

An answer to a question I never really thought about... Thank you!

[@RecorriendoHK]

How does a river flow during an ice age?

[@igordanis2669]

+Guillermo L. Ortiz Toledano Magic

[@12tman12]

+Guillermo L. Ortiz Toledano Downhill? Most ice ages aren't total, so those more equatorial rivers will keep flowing. Also as the ice recedes, some rivers will be freed and start flowing while the sea level is still lower due to the ice at the poles.

[@nmmeswey3584]

+Guillermo L. Ortiz Toledano Science Magic!

[@anupkrishnas]

That video was quick and informative. Thank you

[@ArtezzGaming]

Somehow talking about belly buttons feels gross and creepy and wrong.

[@owlright7524]

i learned more from this weird video than i did in my 80 min lecture of the geology class last week

[@netserivry5561]

#TeamInnies

[@mireille7077]

My teacher showed me this in school and told me to watch this for homework

[@user-cz6qb4it4j]

I think I’m addicted to this channel

[@papamoto95]

Woo. St. Anthony Falls!!! Fantastic place and they are doing great work

[@joejoewoo1]

i'm blown away. hats off

[@not_you7vr552]

Simple enough to understand but enough to remember good job!

[@mrnerd73]

What i didn't understand in school, i did now.... Thank you ❤️

[@Gomank]

Sick! Rivers is a topic I'm studying for AS Geography so this will be useful. Thanks!

[@Goodwillwinoverevil1984]

Hmm lol, I thought it was a result of how the delivery doctor cut the cord! I am an innie, a PROUD one too!

[@georgied23]

out of curiosity if anyone knows, whats the difference between braiding and deltas? are some deltas (birdfoot deltas i think) a form of braiding?

[@selvakumarank408]

Quick and useful explanation

[@cranemann25]

i live in brunswick ga right where the altamaha meets the ocean and i always wondered why it has all that march land like it does so thinks for the reason?

[@fireant202]

Wow the timing with the rise of civilization is really interesting. Sounds like "Guns, Germs, and Steel" could use an addendum.

[@agammittal7410]

very nicely explained and commendable Animation..! Thanks Team- Minute Earth

[@ayoreyesu]

What a beautiful video. Thank you

[@TerraLyte47]

“Why do rivers have deltas?” 🎵Because we’re delta airlines and life is a f**king nightmare.🎶

[@Rationalific]

I can honestly say that I learned something today.

[@kmad2835]

Love the analogy in explaining what a delta is.

[@Ellensburg44]

A terrific episode. Bravo!

[@jasrahkhan5599]

Great work,love it 🌸

[@ValeriePallaoro]

Thank you so much for this treatment; because my first thought, on seeing the title was: not all rivers have deltas, so why is that? Much appreciated. Though the answer is through null information. Some rivers don't have deltas because the sediment load is washed away by the sea, would be my guess.

[@lieutenantvanta1655]

You guys are better than a book

[@pranavr1]

Dear Henry, can you tell which animation software you use to make these videos?

[@MokkaRaj9]

OK then How do you explain the inland Deltas like the Okawanga Delta of Botsawana?

[@jessejordan3708]

you are really good at drawing dude, of you drew this of course.

[@doe3879]

how would vast amount of ice turn into land while the "hole" carved by river maintain it's shape?

[@megaTRISMAN]

Dams are sometimes pretty important though Look at the dams in The Netherlands for example Without those a large portion of the country would flood

[@ronakdumasia5560]

Question. I was taught that Rivers forms Delta when the Stones/Sand/Land around the River mouth are not strong enough to hold the river water in one place and thus Delta is created. Exactly opposite is Estuary. The land around the river is strong enough to hold the water in one place. Example: Rivers on Easter India forms Delta while Rivers on Western banks of India forms Estuary. Can anyone explain why Some rivers form Delta while others don't?

[@phawaphawa3652]

Please explain the difference between estuary, gulf , strait, lagoon, bay and peninsula.

[@AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn]

A gulf is a sea inlet that juts into land, a strait is the narrowest point between two seas, ideal for building a bridge or tunnel, a lagoon is a usually freshwater body that is near a saltwater body, a bay, unlike a gulf, is a body of water that surrounds land but doesn't jut, and a peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water except the point where it meets the mainland.

[@tanzimhossain_rl4440]

Watching this from Bangladesh which is almost entirely made up of river delta, the biggest river delta on the planet.

[@Scott89878]

So, it is the formation of deltas that were needed to start up civilization and is why humanity waited until then to start up agriculture.

[@WangleLine2]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@texasgiant2028]

At 1:04, that is a picture of Hilton Head Island off the coast of South Carolina. It is the island shaped like a shoe.

[@MichaSchwab]

wow that's amazing! never knew this.

[@sabinbhattarai9476]

Which software do you use to make these videos. Anyone if you know reply please an easy software to make these animations.

[@xdgaming952]

this was funny and informative, thanks, my exam of geography is today!

[@hithummah]

I'm more interested in the bully bottoms more than the topic now

[@aliceignis]

That explains the amazing coastline of Norway :)

[@adikumar1395]

This is the best explanation

[@NeighborSenpai]

As a geographer i have to say theres a lot of inaccuracies in this video, although there might be an example that perfectly matches the video most river deltas are formed by sediment shifting and they rarely have to do with rising sea levels after the ice age, river deltas can be formed in a lab with no change in water level or temperature

[@iteragami5078]

listen to 1:39-1:52 and he says outie twice but I don't know which outie is correct

[@limerence8365]

One time I failed my geography test cuz my teacher said there was no deltas in Ireland, when I specifically see small versions from streams on beaches in Donegal. Sure their not as big as the ones on the Nile and Amazon, but they formed the same way....

[@rauliacoban6163]

I just finished learning about the Danube Delta for the semestrial paper

[@pflaffik]

Mine is an innie and i like it, but i dont much like outies. Does people with outies dislike innies?

[@JoeyHazboun]

No

[@ARKRD999]

Great explanation 👍👍👍👍👍

[@pastramichop]

So if a river is currently an innie, does that mean that there was a glacier there at some point?

[@Kartoffelkamm]

+Don Williams Well, either that or someone with a shovel had a lot of free time :)

[@TerraeChannel]

+Hidden Shadow Or with a simple (but long en extensive enough) rise of the sea level.

[@Kisao2]

+Don Williams that would probably mean that the land never made up because the water wasn't very that calm.

[@深い寝]

1:02 which river delta is this one?

[@skeppie-aus]

Wait.... How does this relate to us having have innies' or outies? I get it was an analogy but I'm calling you out on it.