Amazon River Once Flowed in Opposite Direction

The world's largest river basin, the Amazon, once flowed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific - opposite its present direction - according to research by a geology graduate student and his advisor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news80904129.html">Amazon River Once Flowed in Opposite Direction</a></p> <p>The world's largest river basin, the Amazon, once flowed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific - opposite its present direction - according to research by a geology graduate student and his advisor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.</p>