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title: The Bizarre Plan to Drain the Mediterranean: Atlantropa — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-bizarre-plan-to-drain-the-mediterranean-atlantropa/
date: 2016-11-01
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# The Bizarre Plan to Drain the Mediterranean: Atlantropa

Herman Sörgel wanted to create the largest civil engineering project the world has ever seen: a colossal dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, lowering the Mediterranean sea. There were, of course, a few problems with this.