Articles for tag: ancient rivers, Earth history, geological anomalies, paleogeography, tectonic activity

The Ancient River That Ran Backward for a Million Years

The Ancient River That Ran Backward for a Million Years

Picture standing beside a river and watching it flow east toward the ocean, then discovering that millions of years ago, those same waters rushed west in the completely opposite direction. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the incredible geological reality that shaped our planet’s most magnificent waterways. Ancient rivers didn’t just meander or shift slightly ...