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continents

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1. The large parts of the surface of the Earth that rise above sea level. The seven major continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, continents move along piggy-back on the tectonic plates like rafts floating on water.

Continents are made from the lightest rocks in the Earth. Some of these are also the oldest known rocks on Earth, with an age of 3.5 billion years, measured by radioactive dating.

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Continents were arranged quite similarly to their configuration today, while plate tectonics pushed the Andes up from the Earth, and the Himalayas began a slow rise towards their current extravagant height.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

The study used a huge volume of data, now available in the open-source Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents geochemical data repository hosted by the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024

Continents are complex to study, Klemperer says, as the ancient collisions that built the modern landscape left behind a network of overlapping scars.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024

This past season, the 31-year-old was second at Four Continents, won the Nebelhorn Trophy and his second national title.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

The Four Continents stocked a small but potent collection of chess books, as well as the latest copies of Shakhmatny Bulletin, a newly launched Russian-language periodical.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady