Pangea

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  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Pangaea: (geology) A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana. alt-of, alternative

    "Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea."

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"About 250 million years ago, the continents came together to form a supercontinent called Pangea."

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