GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A continent is one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Continent, noun, [ˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt] one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth’s surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries. The Continents. Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, together with Oceania, and Europe are considered to be continents.

Detailed explanation-3: -A landmass is a collection of land, usually separated by an ocean, isthmus, or a canal. Some examples of landmasses are: North America and South America, separated by a canal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pangaea begins to break up and splits into two major landmasses-Laurasia in the north, made up of North America and Eurasia, and Gondwana in the south, made up of the other continents. Pangea was a supercontinent that existed up until about 175 million years. 200 million years ago.

Detailed explanation-5: -/ˈlænd.mæs/ a large area of land such as a continent that is in one piece and not broken up by oceans. Geography: small & large land masses.