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ZipTheZipper t1_jc6jqf7 wrote

Interesting how the Indus and Ganges rivers seem to cut right through the continental shelf, like they keep flowing once they hit the ocean. Also interesting how the Shatt al-Arab (Tigris/Euphrates system) does not do the same.

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badlawywr t1_jc6kwyx wrote

I'd speculate this points to where the coastline was previously, perhaps during the last glacial maximum

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DocB404 t1_jc8jsxb wrote

I'll second both of you. It's the cut from when see levels were lower and it's freaking cool.

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