Are there any rivers or streams that have reversed course in history?
I KNOW THE MISSISSIPPI DID IN THE WINTER OF 1811-1812. Large areas sank into the earth, fissures opened, lakes permanently drained, new lakes were formed, and forests were destroyed over an area of 150,000 acres (600 km²). Many houses at New Madrid were thrown down. “Houses, gardens, and fields were swallowed up” one source notes. But fatalities and damage were low, because the area was sparsely settled.[2] The earthquakes were felt as far away as New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, where churchbells rang.[3] [edit] Mississippi River course changes View to the northeast along the former riverbed of the Mississippi River View to the northeast along the former riverbed of the Mississippi River This series of temblors caused permanent changes in the course of the Mississippi River, which appeared to flow backward.[4] Because of the change in the course of the Mississippi River, land was cut off from counties by the river and wound up on the other side of the new riverbed, on the othe
