Describe the origin of continents according to the theory of continental drift.
Describe the origin of continents according to the theory of continental drift.
There was initially one super continent/Landmass known as Pangaea.
It was surrounded by large water mass known as Panthalassa.
Later Pangaea broke into two continents namely Laurasia (Northern continent) and Gondwanaland (Southern continent).
The two were separated by a narrow ocean called Tethys.
Laurasia split into the current Northern continents: North America, Europe and Asia, while Gondwanaland split to the currentSouthern continents: Africa, South America, India, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
