The Waterfall Planet

The Premise

Planet K is a lot like Earth in terms of size, atmosphere and land to water ratio, though the continent shapes and sizes may vary. There is one other major difference: the planet's oceans have boundaries. Real, waterfall-like boundaries.

These boundaries are formed due to super wide and super deep chasms in the ocean floor. The chasms are so wide and so deep that the water literally flows down these chasms, creating gigantic waterfalls along the boundaries of the oceans.

The planet is therefore divided into 7-8 giant territories comprising of land surrounded by oceans, and the chasms form natural borders for the oceans i.e. the oceans are separated by giant waterfalls due to the chasms.

The Question

1. Can this kind of a planet be scientifically (and not magically) explained?

2. If so, how?

3. The oceans do not run dry. So, if all the water disappears down the chasms, is there a scientifically plausible way to explain how they don't run dry?

posted over 8 years ago

Ambarish Sathianathan‭

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