Gondwana

American  

[gond-wah-nuh] / gɒndˈwɑ nə /

noun

1. a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era, the remnants of which make up what are now South America, Africa, Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, and Antarctica.

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Etymology

Origin of Gondwana

First recorded in 1870–75; from Sanskrit goṇḍa, the name of a Dravidian people and region in north central India + vana “forest”

Example Sentences

In a remarkably short geological period, massive glaciers spread across the southern supercontinent Gondwana.

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Gondwana dominated the Southern Hemisphere and was surrounded by warm, shallow seas.

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Glaciers expanded across Gondwana, draining shallow seas and destroying key marine habitats.

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To support their model, the team analyzed chemical and geological data from regions such as the Indian Ocean Seamount Province -- a chain of volcanic formations that appeared after the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana over 100 million years ago.

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Their findings show that soon after Gondwana split apart, a pulse of magma unusually rich in continental material erupted to the surface.

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