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  2. Pangaea - Wikipedia

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    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] It assembled from the earlier continental units of Gondwana , Euramerica and Siberia during the Carboniferous approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart about 200 million years ...

  3. File:Pangaea continents.svg - Wikipedia

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    Pangea map, with names of the continents. ... This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update. Captions. English. Add a one-line ...

  4. File:Pangea continents and oceans.svg - Wikipedia

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    This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Pangaea continents.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL 2009-10-21T17:07:11Z Justass 815x960 (57091 Bytes) {{Information |Description=Pangea map, with names of the continents.

  5. Central Pangean Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Map of Earth during the Early Permian, around 285 million years ago, showing Central Pangean mountain range at equator. The Central Pangean Mountains were formed during the collision of Euramerica and northern Gondwana as part of the Variscan and Alleghanian orogenies, which began during the Carboniferous approximately 340 million years ago, and complete by the beginning of the Permian around ...

  6. Supercontinent - Wikipedia

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    Pangaea's supercontinent cycle is a good example of the efficiency of using the presence or lack of these entities to record the development, tenure, and break-up of supercontinents. There is a sharp decrease in passive margins between 500 and 350 Ma during the timing of Pangaea's assembly.

  7. Gondwana - Wikipedia

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    Gondwana formed part of Pangaea for c. 150 Ma [31] Gondwana and Laurasia formed the Pangaea supercontinent during the Carboniferous. Pangaea began to break up in the Mid-Jurassic when the Central Atlantic opened. [32] In the western end of Pangaea, the collision between Gondwana and Laurasia closed the Rheic and Paleo-Tethys oceans.

  8. File:Map Asia physical (continental).png - Wikipedia

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    Загвар:Continental Asia in 800 CE; Usage on ms.wikipedia.org Tian Shan; Usage on pt.wikipedia.org Dinastia Qing; Usage on simple.wikipedia.org Tian Shan; Module:Location map/data/Continental Asia; Module:Location map/data/Continental Asia/doc; Usage on si.wikipedia.org Module:Location map/data/Continental Asia; Module:Location map/data ...

  9. Geography of Asia - Wikipedia

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    The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent , Iranian Plateau , Arabian Peninsula , as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.