System · Rationale

Delta

Natural ecosystem formed where a river deposits sediment as it enters a sea or lake, providing fertile land and habitat while highly exposed to sea-level rise, subsidence, flooding, and salinity intrusion.

Definition source: IPCC SROCC Ch.4 (deltas)

Synonyms

none

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Provenance

Domain expert; Restructure (v5)

Identifier

SYS_081 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_081
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_081)