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1. You can drain the mediterranean.
It’s simple, really. Plug the straight of Gibraltar up, put a lock system for continued shipping, and, slowly, the sea will evaporate away.
That’s insane!
2. You can drain/flood the attic sea by damning the Bearing strait.
While the sea wouldn’t be sealed up, the Giuk gap isn’t big enough to stop significant changes in water levels!
It’s actually kinda fun to look at a map and find what massive bodies of water are within our ability to drain
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1. You can drain the mediterranean.
It’s simple, really. Plug the straight of Gibraltar up, put a lock system for continued shipping, and, slowly, the sea will evaporate away.
That’s insane!
2. You can drain/flood the attic sea by damning the Bearing strait.
While the sea wouldn’t be sealed up, the Giuk gap isn’t big enough to stop significant changes in water levels!
It’s actually kinda fun to look at a map and find what massive bodies of water are within our ability to drain