# Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers

> In the Critias the rings round Atlantis's capital are belts of sea, cut by Poseidon and reached from the open sea by a channel 50 stades long; a lake or…

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# Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers

In the Critias the rings round Atlantis's capital are belts of sea, cut by Poseidon and reached from the open sea by a channel 50 stades long; a lake or marsh filled by rivers is not what Plato describes.

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[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). Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers [Evidence EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF
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