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The Sanskrit text Rig Veda often dated 1500 BCE [note 1] has the earliest mention of seven continents in the Earth, the text claims that the Earth has seven continents and Lord Vishnu Measured the entire universe from his first foot from the land of Earth which has 7 continents.
A continent is a large geographical region defined by the continental shelves and the cultures on the continent. [1] In the modern day, there are seven continents. However, there have been more continents throughout history.
Sources that list Mount Wilhelm as the highest point in Oceania or show boundaries putting Puncak Jaya in Asia include: the United Nations, [15] 7 Continent Summits, [16] World Atlas, [17] the CIA World Factbook, [18] Canada Atlas, [19] and Papua New Guinea PNG Trekking.
Note: Antarctica has no permanent population. However, if conventional GDP methodology is applied, which includes salaries of residents, as well as construction and equipment procurement (the biggest "industries" in Antarctica), the GDP of the continent would exceed one billion United States dollars.
The Phanerozoic supercontinent Pangaea began to break up 215 Ma and this distancing continues today. Because Pangaea is the most recent of Earth's supercontinents, it is the best known and understood.
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The supercontinent Columbia about 1.6 billion years ago. Columbia, also known as Nuna or Hudsonland, is a hypothetical ancient supercontinent.It was first proposed by John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh in 2002 [1] and is thought to have existed approximately (Ma), in the Paleoproterozoic era.
Map of Pangea around 250 million years ago, at the beginning of the Triassic. Pangaea or Pangea (/ p æ n ˈ dʒ iː ə / pan-JEE-ə) [1] was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. [2]