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Direct linkMayfield, Michael W.; Morgan, John T. – Journal of Geography, 2005
Appalachia's New River was labeled "the second oldest river in the world" during the 1970s as part of a campaign to save the river from being dammed. Despite the absence of geomorphic evidence, the promotion of the superlative age of the river was so successful that they mythical label became reality in the minds of the region's…
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