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supercontinent

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supercontinent
a great landmass thought to have existed in the geological past and to have split into smaller landmasses, which drifted and formed the present continents
supercontinent [′sü·pər‚känt·ən·ənt]
(geology)
A large continental mass, such as Pangea, that existed early in geologic time and from which smaller continents formed and separated by fragmentation and drifting.
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By 445 million years ago, glaciers had covered the south pole on top of the supercontinent of Gondwana, which would eventually break apart to form the continents of the southern hemisphere.
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