# Large rivers ran across western Mauritania in humid periods, as Plato's streams came down to the plain

> Radar imagery shows a large buried river network on the Mauritanian coast that was active in past humid periods, so the region once had the rivers and…

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# Large rivers ran across western Mauritania in humid periods, as Plato's streams came down to the plain

Radar imagery shows a large buried river network on the Mauritanian coast that was active in past humid periods, so the region once had the rivers and lakes Plato describes.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The Richat is the ringed capital of Atlantis, a coastal city destroyed about 11,600 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSPWFV6KT/the-richat-is-the-ringed-capital-of-atlantis-a-coastal-city)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Large rivers ran across western Mauritania in humid periods, as Plato's streams came down to the plain [Evidence EVD0DCKT1B417EK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKT1B417EK
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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/sessions/SES0DCKZYK2CKXF/session-1-the-eye-of-the-sahara-and-the-atlantis-claim) · 28 Oct 2026

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