A hypothetical continent stretching from Africa to south-east Asia, formerly supposed to have existed in the Jurassic period.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > land mass > continent > [noun] > specific (9) Lemuria1864 A hypothetical continent stretching from Africa to south-east Asia, formerly supposed to have existed in the Jurassic period. Gondwanaland1896 A vast continental area or supercontinent thought to have once existed in the southern hemisphere and to have broken up in Mesozoic or late… subcontinent1896 With the. Southern Africa; spec. South Africa. Now rare. Fennoscandia1907 An ancient land mass in north-western Europe comprising most of Scandinavia and Finland and the adjacent area of north-eastern Russia. Also in… subcontinent1907 With the. = Indian subcontinent n. at Indian, adj. n.compounds 1a(a). Pangaea1924 (The name of) a vast continental area or supercontinent, comprising all of the continental crust of the earth, which is thought to have existed… Laurasia1931 A vast continental area or supercontinent thought to have once existed in the northern hemisphere and to have broken up in Mesozoic or late… Euramerica1972 A vast continental area or supercontinent thought to have existed in the northern hemisphere and to have broken up in the later Mesozoic, forming… Gondwana- The name given originally to an extensive series of rocks in India, chiefly sandstone and shales of fluviatile origin, ranging in age from the… |
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