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The 5 largest rivers basins (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's wild how close the Amazon river basin comes to the west coast of the continent without draining into the ocean on that side.

[–] Pantrygheist 11 points 9 months ago

The Andes blocking all the good stuff from going into Peru, Bolivia and Chile

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I read somewhere that the Amazon River used to run from east to west until about 6 million years ago when the Andes Mountains developed, reversing the course

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Well, there's a little bunch of hills over there blocking it.