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Passage: 'During the Messinian Salinity Crisis (~5.96 Ma), tectonic collision between the African and Eurasian plates uplifted the Betic-Rif mountain arc, completely severing the Atlantic seaway through the Strait of Gibraltar. Because the Mediterranean basin experiences a net evaporative deficit—losing more water to evaporation than it receives from river inflow—the isolation caused the sea to evaporate into a desiccated, sub-sea-level salt desert, depositing evaporite beds exceeding two kilometers in thickness.'
According to the passage, what directly triggered the catastrophic desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea?
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