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Ancient megalake covered more than one million square miles 10 million years ago

The largest lake ever to exist on Earth – the Paratethys megalake – suffered a disaster that killed off most of its lifeforms less than 10 million years ago, a new study says.  At its vastest, Paratethys had a surface area of more than a million square miles (2.8 million square km) – slightly larger than the present-day Mediterranean Sea, according to a team led by experts at Utrecht University, Netherlands.  For a modern day comparison, Paratethys would stretch from the eastern Alps to what is now Kazakhstan in central Asia.  It also contained a water volume of more than 1.77 million km3 – representing more than a third the volume of the Mediterranean today. 

Megalake covered more than 1million square miles 10million years ago

Megalake covered more than 1million square miles 10million years ago Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The largest lake ever to exist on Earth – the Paratethys megalake – suffered a disaster that killed off most of its lifeforms less than 10 million years ago, a new study says.  At its vastest, Paratethys had a surface area of more than a million square miles (2.8 million square km) – slightly larger than the present-day Mediterranean Sea, according to a team led by experts at Utrecht University, Netherlands.  For a modern day comparison, Paratethys would stretch from the eastern Alps to what is now Kazakhstan in central Asia. 

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