Was the Thames connected to the river Rhine?

Question

I read somewere that it was in the Ice Age but im not sure its right is it??

thanksxx

Answer 1

I guess everything was once connected to everything in the days of pangaea (one land mass).

Answer 2

Yes it did. The Rhine flowed through the land that became the bed of the English Channel and the Thames flowed into it. Our crinkly coast in the south is due to flooding after the last ice-age.

Answer 3

Hitler thought so.

Answer 4

Only in Hitler's dreams.

Answer 5

Yes, before the Ice Age. When the glaciers melted, the remaining land bridge between the UK and Europe was severed by the rise in sea levels.

Answer 6

The answer is probably yes - most agree.  The two rivers joined forces to form a single river which became the English Channel after the last iceage - I think some 15,000 or more years back.

Due to the fact that the Rhine and Thames face each other, this has meant massive trade between England and Holland over many centuries - still does actually.

River Thames (upstream somewhere)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp5ZXRBvW...

River Rhine Germany - see Rhine barge in opening sequence - trade goods etc all the way from Switzerland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBP4joXw7...

Answer 7

When what is now the North Sea was land, the deltas from the Thames and the Rhine/Maas joined up in what is now the southern North Sea.  At that time the Thames was a bit further north than it is now.