The Amazon River once flowed westward, creating the Pebas System, a massive wetland teeming with diverse life. Shaped by tectonic shifts and Andes uplift, this ecosystem hosted unique species like enormous crocodilians and early mammals, some adapting to brackish conditions.
What Happened When the Amazon Flowed Backward?
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