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Considering that we can even see in the real time the disappearance of rivers, I wonder how many rivers and branches have been lost in history.
by chucke1992 2y ago
Considering that we can even see in the real time the disappearance of rivers, I wonder how many rivers and branches have been lost in history.
- bluGill 2y agoThe Mississippi used to change course every year, and was about double the current length - all while following essentially the same route. (until the US army got involved). How do you want to count that?
- dredmorbius 2y ago"Stream capture", a/k/a "river capture" or "river piracy" is A Thing: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_capture> We know that rivers change courses, and there are both known and unknown instances of this. Edit: "capture" above originally read "crapture".
- dredmorbius 2y agoErm, capture. Get your mind out of the sewer, dred...