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Scientists have used a torpedo-shaped robotic submarine to observe detailed flows within an deep-sea river for the first time.

Researchers from the University of Leeds and colleagues estimate that the river—known as a submarine channel—would be the sixth largest river in the world if it were on land based on the amount of water flowing through it.

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