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What does land masses of the earth mean?
The land masses of the Earth are the continents.
Why do isostasy occurs?
equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses equillibrium in earths crust such that the force tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses
What is one of the seven large land masses of the earth?
Asia.Any one of these land masses is called a "continent".
What are the largest land masses in the world?
russia
What were the first land masses called?
Pangea
What two huge land masses formed Pangaea?
The two huge landmasses that formed Pangaea were Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. Laurasia comprised what is now North America, Europe, and Asia, while Gondwana included South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and the Indian subcontinent.
What was the theory of all land mass was once connected at a point called?
gondwanaland
What year did Australia become its own continent?
Pangaea was the original super-continent which broke up into Gondwanaland and Laurasia. Gondwanaland consisted of present day Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America and began to break up about 250 million years ago. Australia was completely free of the other land masses by 30 million years ago.
How are the Himalayas and the mountain system of western Asia formed explain?
The earth is composed of several plates. In the past there was only a huge land mass or the Pangea. This pangea broke up and drifted apart from another. The Gondwanaland was the southern part of this pangea.Due to the conventional current, this Gondwanaland was further broken down and split into several parts.One part of this Gondwanaland, the Indo-Australian plate started drifting towards the north.As a result it collided with Eurasian plate in the north. This collision caused the sedimentary deposition of the Tethys to get folded forming Himalayas and the mountain system of western Asia.
What was Antarctica called in the past?
Pangaea was the original super-continent which broke up into Gondwanaland and Laurasia. Gondwanaland consisted of present day Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America and began to break up about 250 million years ago. Antarctica was completely free of the other land masses by 30 million years ago.
What are some of China's land masses?
What land masses are in or near China?
What are the large masses of land?
Large masses of land are called continents.
What does land masses of the earth mean?
The land masses of the Earth are the continents.
How big was Gondwanaland?
It was essentially the combined land mass of all of the continents put together today.
Name for the 7 largest land masses?
Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America South America
What is the name of the land mass that eventually broke into continents?
Gondwanaland. More usually known simply as Gondwana.
What 2 land plates collided in the Indian ocean?
india and asia
