supercontinent
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- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˈkɒntɪnənt/
- Specialized
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supercontinente
- Pangaea was only the latest in a long lineage of supercontinents, and it won't be the last.
- supercontinent Gondwana
- supercontinent Pangaea
- supercontinent Pangea
Examples
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Although Wegener was ridiculed by the scientific community... ...he was eventually found to be correct... ...in his theory of an original supercontinent called Pangaea.
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Mammals diversified as Pangea continued to break apart, first into a northern supercontinent, Laurasia, and a southern one, Gondwana.
Academic text (2009) -
What was the term you used for the supercontinent Gondwana?
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But still, for long ages, the simple geometry of the supercontinent dominated life on Earth.
Fiction book (2002) -
During this time, above the water, all the continents on Earth are joined together in a single mass of land, a supercontinent called Pangea.
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At the time, there was only a single supercontinent, Pangea, that had begun to fragment, and the climate was much warmer.
Academic text (2009) -
The allosaurs, too, went into steep decline across the supercontinent as their prey animals became scarce.
Fiction book (2002) -
At that time, Earth's landmasses were united in one supercontinent, Pangaea.
Academic text (2006) -
Intriguingly, the split appears to coincide with the breakup of Pangaea into two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana.
Academic text (2006) -
More than 200 million years ago, Earth's land was united in a single supercontinent known as Pangea.
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Etymology
Supercontinent comes from the part super- meaning 'above' or 'very large' and continent meaning 'a large land'. Imagine several continents joining like puzzle pieces to make one huge land, so a supercontinent is a very large land made when continents join together.