Large parts of eastern Europe and western Asia used to be covered by a freshwater lake bigger than the Mediterranean.

#PaleoOceanography #ParatethysSea #geology #fossils #PlateTectonics

https://www.science.org/content/article/rise-and-fall-world-s-largest-lake

Late Miocene Megalake Regressions In Eurasia [Paratethys Sea, The Largest Lake In Earth's History]
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91001-z <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Miocene #lake #freshwater #Asia #Europe #megalake #Eurasia #geology #epicontinental #ParatethysSea #platetectonics #evaporation #salinity #landlocked #evapotranspiration #desiccation #geology #water #hydrology #geologichistory #paleoenvironmental #stratigraphy #aridification #paleogeography #geography #reconstruction #regression #saltlake #climatechange #spatialanalysis #model #modeling