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There is a proposal to dam the Strait of Gibraltar and drain the Mediterranean Sea. Introduced by German architect Herman Sorgel in the 1920’s, the proposal would include a massive dam and hydroelectric plant at the Strait of Gibraltar, along with dams at the Dardanelles Strait and between Sicily and Tunisia. Without water flowing in from the Atlantic, over 70 years, the sea level would drop 100 meters. 576,000 square kilometers of new land would be opened up and massive hydropower potential would be generated. In addition, in Africa, the Congo River would be dammed up, creating huge new inland seas in the Congo and Chad. Lastly, the project would unite Europe and Africa into a new supercontinent called Atlantropa. While Herman Sorgel promised a list of benefits for Atlantropa, the reality would be much different. It would strand historic coastal cities inland, all the new exposed land would be salt flats, it would displace millions, cost trillions of dollars and when introduced, would have allowed Europeans powers to exploit Africa.

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0:00-1:57 Introduction
1:57-7:02 Atlantropa
7:02-10:49 Negatives
10:49-13:12 Drain Mediterranean