The Chirima stream emerged at the blast site, carving a great waterfall along cliffs that suggest an ancient catastrophic flood once passed through. One theory holds subterranean waters were released by the impact's pressure, reactivating a dried stream bed. The old Tungusa road through the area had to be permanently rerouted.
The stream Chirima flows from the place of the fall and formed a great waterfall
Key facts
- The stream Chirima flows from the place of the fall and formed a great waterfall
- One theory holds the stream formed from liberation of subterranean waters under pressure from the impact
- Another theory suggests an ancient dried stream bed was reactivated when the impact opened underground water sources
- The deeply carved out beds in the cliffs suggest an ancient catastrophic flood had passed through the area previously
- A pit was formed at the site from which a stream flowed to join the river Shambe (Chambe)
- The Tungusa road that had previously crossed this place was abandoned and rerouted due to impassibility and fear
- Reindeer belonging to local herders were killed; some tents were torn away and reindeer herders were thrown by the blast
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Rema Marks Waterfall, Epirus, Greece - 28 Reviews, Map | AllTrailsalltrails.com
The path along the stream 'Rema Marks' or else 'stream of Paradise' has good signposting and leads to a large and pristine fir forest in the Tzoumerka region.
Tunguska River | Tunguska Valley, Siberia, Russia - Britannicabritannica.com
Tunguska River, either of two roughly parallel rivers of western Siberia, Russia, both tributaries of the Yenisey. Both rivers flow generally northwest.
Nizhnyaya Tunguska - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Nizhnyaya Tunguska is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the ...
Losing the Unruly Stream: Kondopoga and the Kivach Waterfallenvironmentandsociety.org
The Kivach waterfall is the second-highest cascade waterfall after the Rhine Falls, and is situated on the river Suna in Karelia.
THE TUNGUSKA EXPLOSION OF 1908icr.org
The Tunguska explosion occurred on the morning of June 30, 1908 at 7:17 AM local time (0h 17m 11s UT) in the area of the Stony Tunguska River.
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