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What is continential drift?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 9/3/2021

Continental Drift is an old style name for Plate tectonic movement.

The major continents of the world appear to drift about. It is thir underlying plate that is moving. The classic example is Africa and South America. They appear to fit together like pieces of a jig-saw, but they have drifted apart to form the Atlantic Ocean. The underlying tectonic plates of Africa and South America are actually moving. Africa northwards into Europe and South America westwards into the Pacific Ocean.

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