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How Did This River 'Flow Uphill'? Geologists May Finally Have an Answer

A lithospheric drip temporarily lowered the Uinta Mountains, enabling the Green River to carve the 700-meter deep Canyon of Lodore, researchers say.

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For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological mystery, seemingly defying physics.

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How the Green River Carved Its Mysterious Route Through the Mountains

Learn more about the Green River and how a lithospheric drip may have led to the river flowing 'uphill.'

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How Did This River 'Flow Uphill'? Geologists May Finally Have an Answer

For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological mystery, seemingly defying physics.

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Science Alert broke the news in Australia on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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