Punta de Tarifa

It must have been quite a sight here during the Zanclean flood. It took place 5.33 million years ago. Tectonic movements and sea level rise of the Atlantic resulted in flooding of the "wall" at the current location of the Strait of Gibraltar, into the almost empty basin of the Mediterranean Sea. In all, 3 million cubic kilometres of Altantic water flooded into the basin. At some moments at a rate of 5000 times the Amazon today.Or every second a billion cubic metres of water. The Mediterranean was rising at about 10 metres a day. All this water left a channel of 250 metres deep and 200 kilometres long that still can be seen on the bed of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Dromos