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The Amazon is currently capturing a section of the Orinoco watershed via the Casiquiare canal. Is this how it expanded, and if so, do we know how long it has been doing it? Furthermore, are there any candidate watersheds it might capture in the future?

by /u/ResidentRunner1 in /r/askscience

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