Fig. 6From: Greater Alpine river network evolution, interpretations based on novel drainage analysisPaleo-geographic maps showing the Alpine and Pannonian geographic evolution (references in text). Note that the Danube formed as a longitudinal basin in the foreland of the Alps, and has subsequently elongated to the east following shoreline retreat of the Paratethys, which evolved into the modern Black Sea. The Rhine expanded mainly to the eastBack to article page