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River under the sea
Scientists from the University of Leeds (University of Leeds), United Kingdom, found at the bottom of the Black Sea only in the ocean underwater river, RBC reports referring to the radio "Mayak". A study by a special controlled submarines revealed that the length of the river is 37 nautical miles, width - more than half a mile, and the flow velocity of water - about 7, 5 km / h. It is curious that the very small river length differs huge amount of water - 22 thousand. Cubic meters per second. Underwater stream 350 times more powerful than the Thames. The name of the river has not yet been awarded.
According to the researchers, underwater river formed as a result of penetration through the Bosphorus more salt water into the Marmara Sea less salty environment of the Black Sea. The river has an extremely high concentration of salt.
The trough formed over this underwater river, the site has a depth of 35 meters. We even have a river rapids and waterfalls, the real, and on the seabed distinguished classical river banks and floodplain.
The scientists also note that underwater river is different from earth that the sudden collapse in the cavity water spirals are not right in a clockwise direction as dictated by the Coriolis force in the northern hemisphere, where there are the Black Sea, and, conversely, counterclockwise.
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According to the researchers, underwater river formed as a result of penetration through the Bosphorus more salt water into the Marmara Sea less salty environment of the Black Sea. The river has an extremely high concentration of salt.
The trough formed over this underwater river, the site has a depth of 35 meters. We even have a river rapids and waterfalls, the real, and on the seabed distinguished classical river banks and floodplain.
The scientists also note that underwater river is different from earth that the sudden collapse in the cavity water spirals are not right in a clockwise direction as dictated by the Coriolis force in the northern hemisphere, where there are the Black Sea, and, conversely, counterclockwise.
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