Tamanrasset (river)

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The earlier course of the Tamanrasset and other river systems in North Africa.

The Tamanrasset was a gigantic former stream believed to have flowed through West Africa 5000 years ago .

It is said to have originated in the southern Atlas Mountains and the Ahaggar plateau, flowed over the area of ​​the Sahara and today's Algeria, and finally flowed into the Atlantic .

Presumably the river also dug the Cap Timiris Canyon off the coast of Mauritania . It had a major impact on early settlers in the region and is believed to have contributed to the great migration after it dried up . The river bed was discovered by a Japanese satellite system.

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  2. ^ A b S. Krastel, TJJ Hanebuth, AA Antobreh, R. Henrich, C. Holz: CapTimiris Canyon: A newly discovered channel system offshore of Mauritania . In: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union . tape 85 , no. 42 , 2004, ISSN  0096-3941 , p. 417 , doi : 10.1029 / 2004EO420001 .
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