The Largest Flood in Earth’s History Exploded in the Atlantic 5 Million Years Ago, Refilled the Entire Mediterranean The ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

At its peak, the flood discharged about 1,000 times the water of the ... rich rock outcrops around the Mediterranean became ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water ... flood. If correct, (and some scientists do dispute the theory), the so-called Zanclean megaflood would be the largest single flood recorded on Earth.

At its peak, the flood discharged about 1,000 times the water of the ... rich rock outcrops around the Mediterranean became increasingly aware that something unusual had happened between roughly 5 and ...