Gondwanaland

Gond·wa·na·land  (gnd-wän-lnd)

n.

The hypothetical protocontinent of the Southern Hemisphere that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, broke up into India, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America.

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[After Gondwana, a region of central India, from Gond.]

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Gondwanaland [gɒndˈwɑːnəˌlænd], Gondwana

n

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) one of the two ancient supercontinents produced by the first split of the even larger supercontinent Pangaea about 200 million years ago, comprising chiefly what are now Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and the Indian subcontinent

[from Gondwana region in central north India, where the rock series was originally found]

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Gondwanaland  (gnd-wän-lnd)

A supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere made up of the landmasses that currently correspond to India, Australia, Antarctica, and South America. According to the theory of plate tectonics, Gondwanaland separated from Pangaea at the end of the Paleozoic Era and broke up into the current continents in the middle of the Mesozoic Era. Compare Laurasia.

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Gondwanaland - a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica southern hemisphere - the hemisphere to the south of the equator