# Proponents tie the catastrophe to the Younger Dryas, which off Mauritania was a dry break in the humid period

> The 2018 case dates the destruction to the Younger Dryas, about 11,600 years ago; in the Mauritanian dust record the Younger Dryas is an arid interval…

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# Proponents tie the catastrophe to the Younger Dryas, which off Mauritania was a dry break in the humid period

The 2018 case dates the destruction to the Younger Dryas, about 11,600 years ago; in the Mauritanian dust record the Younger Dryas is an arid interval that interrupts the humid period, not its wettest point.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9H3EWGDD/yes-around-platos-date-of-about-9600-bc-rivers-filled-the)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Proponents tie the catastrophe to the Younger Dryas, which off Mauritania was a dry break in the humid period [Evidence EVD0DCPAXZ7QN6Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAXZ7QN6Q
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