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world map
Learn how the world is divided into continents
Pangea: Early Triassic Period paleocontinent
Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
Examine how the theory of plate tectonics explains volcanic activity, earthquakes, and mountains
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7:023 Geography: Think of Something Big, globe showing Africa, Europe, and Eurasia
Quick Quiz: This Land Is Your Land
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Paleogeography and paleoceanography of Early Triassic time. The present-day coastlines and tectonic boundaries of the configured continents are shown at the lower right. Continents, continental drift, plate tectonics, Pangea, Laurussia, Gondwana.
Spotting a Supercontinent: How Pangea Was Discovered
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Learn how the world is divided into continents
The distribution of the seven continents.
Video: Created and produced by QA International. © QA International, 2010. All rights reserved. www.qa-international.com
Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
A time-lapse representation of Earth changing through geologic time, from the late...
Video: Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
Examine how the theory of plate tectonics explains volcanic activity, earthquakes, and mountains
A general discussion of plate tectonics.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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world map
Map identifying the world's continents.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Pangea: Early Triassic Period
Paleogeography and paleoceanography of Early Triassic time. The present-day coastlines...
Adapted from: C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington
paleocontinent
Infographic showing evidence of submerged continents that formed and broke up during...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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