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Rivers don't move with the plates, well, they do, but they also move in addition. I'm not an expert but you can see the California-Arizona border along the Colo
by s0rce 7y ago
Rivers don't move with the plates, well, they do, but they also move in addition. I'm not an expert but you can see the California-Arizona border along the Colorado river doesn't line up with the current course in a few places:
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9012327,-114.5227135,14.5z https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9012327,-114.5227135,14.5z
Similarly, with the US-Mexico border further along the river
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6117771,-114.7983232,14z https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6117771,-114.7983232,14z
- Retric 7y agoIf a river straddles a flat line you might get a kink, but that’s normal in rivers. Generally they are surprising resilient, consider the rather inaccurately name new river basically ignore a 480 million year old mountain range that’s in it’s path. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_(Kanawha_River_tributary) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_(Kanawha_River_tribu...