Paratethys had a surface area of more than a million square miles - larger than the Mediterranean Sea today, reveal a team led by experts at Utrecht University, Netherlands.

At its height, the brackish waters of Paratethys spread over an area of 2.8 million square kilometers and held 1.77 million cubic kilometers (km 3) of water, more than 10 times the volume of all the ...

This megalake formed through the raising of central Europe’s mountain ranges, thereby separating the ancient Paratethys Sea from the ocean and forming megalake Paratethys, the largest lake ever.

The megalake holds the Guinness World Record for the largest known lake on Earth. It extended over an immense area of 2.8 million square kilometers, eclipsing even the vastness of the modern ...

The Paratethys filled up again around 6.9 million years ago, however, this time it would overflow and pour into the Red Sea and in so doing lose its status as a lake.

The Megalake Paratethys once covered the area now occupied by the Black and Caspian Seas. Some of the only remaining evidence of its existence can be found in these cliffs overlooking the Black Sea.

Deinotherium giganteum flourished in the megalake’s surrounding swamps and lowlands | photo Utretch University. By unraveling Paratethys’s dramatic response to past climate shifts, we gain invaluable ...

The megalake holds the Guinness World Record for the largest known lake on Earth. It extended over an immense area of 2.8 million square kilometers, eclipsing even the vastness of the modern ...

Megalake Paratethys formed 12 million years ago and stretched from the eastern Alps of Europe to what is now Kazakhstan in Central Asia You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

The evolution of the Paratethys and Black Sea basins has been shaped by a complex interplay of tectonic activity, climate change and fluctuating hydrological budgets over millions of years.