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Having broken off from the southern supercontinent Gondwana roughly 120 million years ago, the Indian landmass drifted north, moving far faster than most tectonic plates do today.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Plate tectonics created and then broke apart an ancient supercontinent known as Rodinia.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
Wiz even suggested that there could be undiscovered land masses, referencing Pangea, the ancient supercontinent.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Approximately 580 million years ago, South China was part of the northern coastline of the supercontinent Rodinia and positioned near the equator.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Plate tectonics created and then broke apart an ancient supercontinent known as Rodinia.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
Wiz even suggested that there could be undiscovered land masses, referencing Pangea, the ancient supercontinent.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Approximately 580 million years ago, South China was part of the northern coastline of the supercontinent Rodinia and positioned near the equator.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercontinent
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This marks the fifth continent to host the awards since its inception in 2020 and will coincide with the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (known in shorthand as COP30), which the prince is also attending in Brazil.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Europe is our largest trading partner, is responsible for 16 million jobs on both continents.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2025
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India, of course, is not a monolithic place but a vast subcontinent containing 22 official languages, more than 1,000 dialects, and 28 diverse states.—
Reshma B,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Charlotte travelers also would have one-stop connections to other destinations across the Middle East as well as the Indian subcontinent and Asia.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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