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The Black Sea undersea river is a current of particularly saline water flowing through the Bosphorus Strait and along the seabed of the Black Sea. The discovery of the river, announced on 1 August 2010, was made by scientists at the University of Leeds , and is the first of its kind in the world. [ 1 ]
Congo Canyon, the largest river canyon, extending from the Congo River, is 800 km (497 mi) long, and 1,200 m (3,900 ft) deep [citation needed] Delgada Submarine Canyon, off the coast of California [10] Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina [11] Hudson Canyon, extending from the Hudson River; Ganges Canyon, extending from the Ganges
A subterranean river (also known as an underground river) is a river or watercourse that runs wholly or partly beneath the ground, one where the riverbed does not represent the surface of the Earth. It is distinct from an aquifer , which may flow like a river but is contained within a permeable layer of rock or other unconsolidated materials.
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is a protected area in the Philippines.. The park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the western coast of the island of Palawan, about 80 kilometers (50 mi) north of the city of Puerto Princesa, and contains the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River (also known as the Puerto Princesa Underground River or just Underground River).
An underwater archaeological mission in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, recovered a handful of long-lost artifacts. When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO ...
The canyon was last exposed during the last ice age, over 10,000 years ago, when the sea level was about 120 m (390 ft) lower and the mouth of the Hudson River was near the edge of the continental shelf, about 100 mi (160 km) east of its present site. The river discharged sediment that helped carve the canyon aided by underwater avalanches of ...
Underwater photography has become more and more popular since the early 2000s, resulting on millions of pictures posted every year on various websites and social media. This mass of documentation is endowed with an enormous scientific potential, as millions of tourists possess a much superior coverage power than professional scientists, who can ...
An underwater environment is a environment of, and immersed in, liquid water in a natural or artificial feature (called a body of water), such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, reservoir, river, canal, or aquifer. Some characteristics of the underwater environment are universal, but many depend on the local situation.