GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Pungaea
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Pangaea
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Eurasia
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Malaysia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pangea’s existence was first proposed in 1912 by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener as a part of his theory of continental drift. Its name is derived from the Greek pangaia, meaning “all the Earth.”
Detailed explanation-2: -About 200 million years ago, all the continents on Earth were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. This gigantic continent, called Pangaea, slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. All Earth’s continents were once combined in one supercontinent, Pangaea.
Detailed explanation-3: -or Pangea (pænˈdʒiːə ) noun. the ancient supercontinent, comprising all the present continents joined together, which began to break up about 200 million years ago. See also Laurasia, Gondwanaland.