Take the 2-minute tour ×  What, if any, physical evidence exists
that Noah's flood was localized, and did not cover the entire
earth?  share|improve this question add comment  4 Answers  up
vote 12 down vote accepted  To expand on dancek's answer, here
are several pieces of evidence that don't fit with a global
flood:    • To cover the entire world in 40 days, the rain would
have had to fall at about 15 feet per hour. It would have fallen
with enough force to sink the ark. [source]   • The ark wasn't
big enough to hold all the species of the world. There are at
least 1.7 million species alive today, and over 250,000 (now
extinct) fossil species have been identified. [source]   • A
global flood would have mixed seawater into all the fresh water
sources and killed all the fresh-water fish. [source]   • Most
plants would have died after being under water nearly half a
year. [source]   • Some animals can only survive on fresh
leaves; others rely on plants that only grow in small isolated
regions of the earth. Gat