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To: yankeedame
Giant flood separates Britain from Europe
  Posted by FoolNoMore
On News/Activism 07/18/2007 5:08:03 PM EDT · 33 replies · 843+ views


AP | Jul 18, 4:22 PM (ET) | THOMAS WAGNER
Study: Megaflood Separated U.K., France Jul 18, 4:22 PM (ET) By THOMAS WAGNER LONDON (AP) - One of Earth's largest-ever megafloods broke apart a strip of land connecting what is now Britain and France, permanently separating them, a new study says. The flood unleashed about 35 million cubic feet of water per second, 100 times greater than the water discharge of the Mississippi River. The natural disaster, which occurred about 400,000 years ago during a glacial period, was later followed by rising sea levels that created what is now the English Channel, the study says. It is not known if...
 

4 posted on 07/22/2007 11:29:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Saturday, July 21, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Flood Made Britain An Island ‘In 24 Hours’
The Telegraph (UK) | 9-25-2006 | Tim Hall
Posted on 09/24/2006 9:00:46 PM EDT by blam
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7 posted on 08/06/2007 10:17:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, August 6, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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